Evo šta kaže čika-Roderik Smit u "Napredni alati za Linux":
- Put often-used data near the center of the disk (/, /var, /tmp, /usr, /home ) i kaže: "On average, the time to seek to the middle of a disk is the lowest of any seek time. Therefore, you should put frequently accessed files near the center of the disk. "
- Put data for which high throughput is important at the start of the disk
- Put the
swap partition near the center of the disk
- Keep related partitions near each other itd...
E, da, ima još
Citat:
Another important feature is that the data density is greater on outer cylinders than on inner cylinders, which results in better disk performance on outer cylinders.
Znači, ima seek time (dok se glava premešta), a ima i brzina čitanja (kad jednom nađe)