You make a good point about bandwidth--that SSDs are more like disks. However, OP doesn't mention bandwidth, nor is it relevant to his experiment.
What would it mean for "SSD to be like slow memory"? To me, it would mean that both bandwidth and seeks would run proportionally slower. This is why I'm using the "characteristic size" metric--to evaluate that proportionality (and to give it a physical interpretation).
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You make a good point about bandwidth--that SSDs are more like disks. However, OP doesn't mention bandwidth, nor is it relevant to his experiment.
What would it mean for "SSD to be like slow memory"? To me, it would mean that both bandwidth and seeks would run proportionally slower. This is why I'm using the "characteristic size" metric--to evaluate that proportionality (and to give it a physical interpretation).