Hi all, I've updated the wiki page to propose the readdir-ahead feature for inclusion into gluster 3.5: http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Planning35 The readdir-ahead feature is a simple translator to try and improve performance for sequential directory reads (test data available in the commit log). The initial version basically preloads directory content on opendir() in anticipation of a single-threaded, sequential directory read. In all other cases the translator expects to bow out of the way. Future versions might incorporate more flexible/dynamic read-ahead, caching behavior for repeated reads, etc. The latest posted version is available here: http://review.gluster.org/#/c/4519/ Thoughts, reviews and flames welcome. Brian
