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Snowball effectSnowball effectPosted Oct 7, 2012 2:59 UTC (Sun) by cmccabe (guest, #60281)In reply to: Snowball effect by skitching Parent article: Samsung's F2FS filesystem
I think the snowball effect is a reference to write amplification.
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Snowball effect Posted Oct 7, 2012 21:38 UTC (Sun) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]
Every time my RSS reader (RSSyl in clawsmail) reloads the feed, it adds another copy of the above comment. That's a novel form of write amplification!
Now the important question: is that irony, or just coincidence?
Snowball effect Posted Oct 11, 2012 0:55 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]
No, this isn't a reference to write amplification.
The correct answers to the GP's questions are: 1/ yes 2/ yes 3/ ... 4/ yes 5/ yes
The answer to 3 is a little long to fit in this comment.
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