Patent ID: 8069305

Claim:
A method for decreasing rotational latency associated with a log write issued by an application to a rotating medium using a data writing element, the method comprising: dividing a track on the rotating medium into a plurality of discrete angular regions; replicating said log write to form a plurality of identical disk writes equal in number to the plurality of discrete angular regions; writing the plurality of identical disk writes to the plurality of discrete angular regions of the track such that each one of the plurality of discrete angular regions comprises one of the plurality of identical disk writes; and responsive to completion of a first disk write of the plurality of identical disk writes to one of the plurality of discrete angular regions of the track, informing said application of completion of the log write, wherein upon completing a second disk write of the plurality of identical disk writes, the method further comprises ignoring thereafter the second disk write of the plurality of identical disk writes, wherein said application is not informed of the completing of the second disk write of the plurality of identical disk writes, wherein the application is idle during the first disk write and is not idle during the second disk write and the application can continue to operate.