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frostyllama

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Registered: 2011-11-13

Posts: 7

Constant stop start writes to disk

After a little exploration it turns out this this process:

/usr/lib/firefox/plugin-container /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -greomni /usr/lib/firefox/omni.jar 1375 plugin

Is making constant on off writes to my disk usually less than 100Kb. I hear the heads start, then stop, then start, on and on every 2-3 seconds and I'm worried it is causing unnecessary wear. I'm not exactly sure why it's acting this way. Do I turn it off? Change some settings?

Firefox also tends to make a lot of small writes as well.

Last edited by frostyllama (2011-11-13 19:36:08)

gicxjo

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Registered: 2011-12-17

Posts: 2

Re: Constant stop start writes to disk

you could disable or update the flash plugin, use gnash, or use flashblock or something similar