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Idan kun kalli ranar Talata ta bayyana sabon iMacs, mai yiwuwa muƙarƙashin ku ya faɗi U.S. Sabbin kwamfutoci guda-cikin-daya daga Apple suna da bakin ciki, masu ƙarfi kuma suna da mafi kyawun nuni. Mataimakin Shugaban Kasuwancin Phil Schiller kuma ya gabatar da sabon fasahar Fusion Drive, wanda ya kamata ya haɗa ƙarfin rumbun kwamfutarka tare da saurin SSD. Shin wannan babban tuƙi ne na yau da kullun, ko wataƙila wata sabuwar fasaha ce?

Idan da gaske Apple yayi amfani da kayan aikin matasan kamar yadda muka san shi a yau, ba zai zama wani abu mai ban tsoro ba. Waɗannan na'urori suna aiki ne ta hanyar da, baya ga faifan diski na gargajiya mai girma, kuma suna ɗauke da ƙwaƙwalwar filasha (wanda aka sani daga diski na SSD). Wannan yawanci gigabytes ne da yawa a girman kuma yana aiki azaman ƙarami mai fa'ida. Hard ɗin yana hutawa mafi yawan lokaci kuma farantin baya juyawa. Madadin haka, duk sabbin bayanai ana rubuta su zuwa ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar filasha, wanda gabaɗaya ya fi sauri don irin waɗannan ayyuka. Har ila yau, yawanci yana rage tsarin taya idan aka kwatanta da daidaitattun faifai. Matsalar ita ce fa'idar saurin yana ɓacewa lokacin karanta manyan fayiloli, ƙari kuma akwai wasu wasu batutuwa masu ban haushi. Kamar yadda aka riga aka ambata, faifan diski a cikin irin waɗannan na'urori ba ya aiki na dindindin, kuma buƙatar farawa sau da yawa yana nufin haɓakar haɓakar lokacin samun dama. Lokacin canza kayan aiki, fayafai kuma ana lalata su, da sauri fiye da lokacin da farantin yana juyawa koyaushe.

Don haka matasan tafiyarwa ba su yi kama da cikakkiyar ɗan takara don amfani a cikin sabon iMac ba. Ko da shafin hukuma na sabbin kwamfutoci akan gidan yanar gizon Apple yayi magana akan wannan fasaha:

Fusion Drive ra'ayi ne na ci gaba wanda ya haɗu da babban ƙarfin rumbun kwamfyuta na gargajiya tare da babban aikin ƙwaƙwalwar filashi. Tare da Fusion Drive, iMac ɗinku yana da sauri kuma ya fi dacewa wajen aiwatar da ayyuka masu ƙarfi - daga booting zuwa ƙaddamar da aikace-aikace zuwa shigo da hotuna. Wannan saboda abubuwan da ake amfani da su akai-akai suna shirye a koyaushe a cikin ƙwaƙwalwar filasha mai sauri, yayin da abubuwan da ba a saba amfani da su ba suka rage akan rumbun kwamfutarka. Canja wurin fayil yana faruwa a bango, don haka ba za ku ma lura da su ba.

Bisa ga bayanin da muka koya a taron da kansa, Fusion Drive (don ƙarin kuɗi) zai ƙunshi rumbun kwamfutar TB 1 ko 3 TB da 128 GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya. A cikin gabatarwar, Phil Schiller ya nuna cewa tsarin, aikace-aikace da fayilolin da aka saba amfani da su ya kamata a kasance a kan na farko mai suna, kuma waɗanda ba a yi amfani da su ba a na biyu. Wadannan ma'ajiyar bayanai guda biyu za a hada su kai tsaye zuwa juzu'i guda ta hanyar software, kuma irin wannan "fusion" yakamata ya haifar da saurin karatu da rubutu.

Saboda haka, bisa ga waɗannan tushe guda biyu, za mu iya aminta cewa filasha a cikin sabon iMac ba ya bayyana a matsayin ƙari na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya kawai. A cewar labarin uwar garken Ars Technica a nan muna da wani abu da ƙwararrun IT a ɓangaren kamfanoni ke amfani da shi na ɗan lokaci, wato atomatik tiering. Manyan kamfanoni sau da yawa suna fuskantar matsala tare da adadi mai yawa na bayanai, wanda ba tare da ingantaccen kulawa ba zai iya haifar da babbar matsala, dangane da sauri, tsabta da farashi. Waɗannan kamfanoni dole ne su fara gina faifan faifai kuma galibi suna amfani da manufar ajiya mai yawa: don kiyaye farashi mai sauƙi kamar yadda zai yiwu, waɗannan tsararrun ba kawai suna amfani da SSDs masu sauri ba, har ma da faifan diski mai hankali. Kuma ana amfani da sanya bayanan atomatik don sake rarraba fayiloli tsakanin waɗannan nau'ikan ma'adana biyu.

Bari mu yi tunanin cewa ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan wani kamfani mai ƙirƙira ya ƙirƙira daftarin gabatarwa ya ajiye shi a cikin ma'ajin da aka raba don kada ya rasa. An fara sanya fayil ɗin akan faifan rumbun ajiya a hankali inda yake zaune ba aiki na ƴan kwanaki yana jiran a kammala shi. Lokacin da Mista X ya gama gabatarwa, ya aika zuwa ga wasu abokan aikinsa don yin nazari. Sun fara buɗe shi, ana lura da karuwar buƙatar wannan fayil ta software na musamman, don haka motsa shi zuwa rumbun kwamfutarka mai sauri. Bari mu ce idan babban shugaban kamfani ya ambaci gabatarwar bayan mako guda a taron da aka saba yi, kowa da kowa ya fara zazzagewa kuma ya tura shi gaba ɗaya. Tsarin ya sake shiga tsakani a wannan lokacin kuma yana motsa fayil ɗin zuwa faifan SSD mafi sauri. Ta wannan hanyar, kawai zamu iya tunanin ƙa'idar ƙaddamar da bayanan atomatik, koda kuwa a zahiri ba mu aiki tare da dukkan fayiloli ba, amma tare da toshe bayanai a matakin ƙaramin fayil.

Don haka wannan shine abin da tsarin bayanan atomatik yayi kama da tsararrun faifan ƙwararru, amma ta yaya daidai Fusion Drive ke ɓoye a cikin zurfin sabon aikin iMac? Bisa ga ilimin shafin Anandtech An fara ƙirƙiri memorin buffer mai 4 GB akan ƙwaƙwalwar filasha, wanda za'a iya kwatanta shi da kwatankwacin faifan faifai. Kwamfuta tana rubuta duk sabbin bayanai a cikin wannan buffer har sai ta cika. A wannan lokacin, ana adana duk wasu bayanai akan rumbun kwamfutarka. Dalilin wannan ma'auni shine cewa walƙiya ya fi sauri don ƙananan ayyukan fayil. Duk da haka, wannan shine inda kamannin diski ɗin ya ƙare.

Bugu da ƙari, Fusion Drive yana aiki kamar yadda muka nuna a cikin misalin sakin layi biyu a sama. Software na musamman da ke ɓoye a cikin tsarin Dutsen Lion yana gane fayilolin da mai amfani ya fi amfani da su kuma yana motsa su zuwa mafi ƙarfin 128 GB flash memory. A gefe guda, yana adana bayanan da ba su da mahimmanci a cikin rumbun kwamfutarka. A lokaci guda kuma, Apple ya yi tunani game da tsaro na fayilolin da ake motsa su ta wannan hanya kuma ya bar asali na asali a kan faifan tushen har sai an kammala aikin. Don haka bai kamata a sami abubuwan ban mamaki ba, misali, bayan katsewar wutar lantarki da ba zato ba tsammani.

Dangane da wannan bayanin, Fusion Drive yayi kama da fasali mai amfani sosai ya zuwa yanzu, musamman ga masu amfani na yau da kullun waɗanda ba sa son mu'amala da sarrafa fayiloli akan ma'ajiyar daban-daban. Don ƙarin abokan ciniki masu buƙatu, samar da 128 GB na ƙwaƙwalwar walƙiya bazai isa ga duk bayanan su ba, amma a gefe guda, har yanzu suna iya amfani da abubuwan tafiyar da sauri na waje da aka haɗa, ka ce, ta hanyar Thunderbolt, don manyan fayilolin aiki.

Wataƙila abu mafi mahimmanci a wannan lokacin shine sanin nawa wannan nishaɗin zai kashe mu a zahiri. Kamar yadda ake iya gani daga farashin sabbin samfuran da aka gabatar, Apple yana biyan ci gaba. Za mu biya kusan rawanin 35 don ainihin ƙirar iMac a cikin shagunan Czech, har ma mafi girman ƙirar ƙira bai haɗa da Fusion Drive ba. Ana buƙatar zaɓar wannan azaman tsari na musamman don ƙarin cajin CZK 6. Saboda haka, ba a ware cewa ga yawancin masu amfani da fa'idodin Fusion Drive ba zai wuce farashin dizzying ba. Koyaya, ba shakka za mu iya yin kima na haƙiƙa ne kawai lokacin da muka gwada sabon iMac da kanmu.

Source: Ars Technica, AnandTech
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