Comment 32 for bug 32643

Windows recognizes the difference between a USB mass storage device that's a
smaller removable device (i.e. flash drive) vs a larger device (i.e.
external hard drive). It sets sync on smaller devices and async on larger
devices. I feel we should do the same, also.

I would rather lose some of my life on a thumb drive rather than having to
remember to sync it periodically to avoid losing data in case of a system
lockup/crash/poweroff.

On 5/14/06, Chris Weiss <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> why do we need this perceieved speed up? if sync causing it to be
> slower than Windows or MacOS? I think it isn't, and async really is
> only faster if you make multiple changes to the same files in a
> "session". how often does async actualy commit to disk anyway? if I
> make an edit, asave, then wait 30 minutes before saving again, is async
> still going to increase my flash lifetime? at wait interval won't it?
>
> And what's the answer to this senario?
> - user is typing a document, saving work as she goes
> - power goes out (most desktops don't have a UPS)
> - power comes on and finds all those saves she was doing weren't actualy
> writting to disk
>
> how is this faster? she now has to re-write the whole thing. how is
> this simpler and more user friendly?
>
> --
> unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/32643
>