Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: cachefs module for linux?

# Re: cachefs module for linux?

Christoph Lameter (christoph@lameter.com)
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:59:10 -0700 (PDT)

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Linux uses memory to cache disk io. Increase the usability of that for NFS
and your issue is solved.

Using disk to cache stuff can be done with CODA etc. Problem is that NFS
etc is not designed for caching.

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Please define "standard Linux cache."
>
> cachefs is used in situations where the cacheable data set size is
> too large for the buffer cache.
>
> As for using a mount parameter, that would be an NFS-specific solution.
> What about caching large smbfs filesystems, for instance? Or coda, or some
> other network fs?

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