Attempts are made by operating systems to store chunks of a file sequentially on disk. What's the big deal about using magnetic disks for this? Do you think SSDs are still required if you don't utilize them? Is there an explanation for this?

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Attempts are made by operating systems to store chunks of a file sequentially on disk. What's the big deal about using magnetic disks for this?
Do you think SSDs are still required if you don't utilize them? Is there an explanation for this?

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