Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 Jun 1999 21:12:01 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: cachefs module for linux? |
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Christoph Lameter wrote: > > Persistent across reboots on a "diskless" machine? What kind of magic is > that?
The quotes are mine. A "diskless" machine is
NFS cache = cachefs on local disk swap space = swap on local disk
Everything else is on a remote NFS server for ease of administration.
cachefs is persistent across reboots, and try creating an 10GB NFS cache for a 0.5-terabyte filesystem without it :)
Jeff
> > 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. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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