Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Jan 2002 21:48:40 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Possible Idea with filesystem buffering. |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Shawn Starr wrote:
> My worry is this. If we have different filesystems having their own page > buffer/caching daemons we'll definately introduce race conditions. > > Say have 2 hard drives with ReiserFS and EXT3 and im copying data between > the two and each of them has their own daemons its going to get pretty > messy no?
Each of the "cache daemons" will react differently to VM pressure, meaning the system will most definately get out of balance.
regards,
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