Thread: optimisign conversion speed - use 2 hard drives ?
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Old 10-12-2010, 11:11 AM   #20
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So, basically, the assumption that the cost in CPU time is way higher than disk I/O operations is correct?
Yes, disk I/O is completely irrelevant.
Do you mean when doing conversions? Or are you saying that calibre is never (or at least very seldom) I/O-bound?
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