Another way is to time
write block
write barrier
write same block
write barrier
repeat
If the write barrier is working you should be able to measure the
drive rpm 8)
Yeah, I was thinking of doing this with caches turned off, since I
know how to do that, but not a write-barrier.
--cs
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