Talk:Disk buffer

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[edit] Rename

The edit comment "I've never heard of "disk buffer" in such context; I think "HDD internal cache" is 100% WP:COMMONNAME here" is absolutely right; the name "disk buffer" is WP:OR (although I do find it more appropriate). Note that the article's content was not written by me, but was split from the cache article long ago.

What alternatives would you suggest? "HDD internal cache" sounds cumbersome and is probably tedious to link without using pipes. Perhaps "disk internal cache"? -- intgr [talk] 13:57, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

"Internal disk cache"? Although this one isn't completely self-explanatory, it could make people wonder "internal to what?" -- intgr [talk] 14:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Software?

What about software-based caching? Every mainstream operating system maintains a software cache too, regardless of what the hardware is doing. Agree with the comment about 'disk buffer' above - have never in 20 years heard it called this before (not even the manufacturers use the term). Socrates2008 22:44, 25 October 2007 (UTC)