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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Progress bars are handled by the applications themselves

Yes, but OS must tell the application how much of the operation is done

immediate flushing does not increase storage lifespan

I was trying to say the opposite. Caching/buffering is what longers the lifespan and can speed system up