Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:52:52 -0700 (PDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: cachefs module for linux? |
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Persistent across reboots on a "diskless" machine? What kind of magic is that?
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906080958540.28339-100000@cyrix200.lameter.com>, Chr > istoph Lameter writes: > +----- > | > cachefs comes in really handy, too, setting up "diskless" machines with > | > nothing but NFS cache and swap space. > | > | Just allow NFS to use the standard Linux cache more efficiently via a > | mount parameter and all should be well. cachefs is the wrong solution. > +--->8 > > Err, no. First, you assume that the Linux cache can be arbitrarily large > (or at least that enough memory is available to cache reasonable working > sets); second, cachefs is persistent across reboots, which the Linux buffer > cache cannot be.
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