Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:05:45 -0500 (EST) | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: Linux decent performance |
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On 6 Dec 1996, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Nathan Bryant <nathan@burgessinc.com> writes: > > > > > > > I don't know about asynchronous I/O and locking shared memory, but linux > > does support raw partition devices, and always has. > > Linux doesn't support raw devices that aren't cached in the buffer > cache. I think he means this.
The buffer cache should only increase performace. Unless Sybase uses its own caching algorithm, in which case the buffer cache is redundant. Is this the case?
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