On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 05:26:21PM -0700, Mohit Anchlia wrote: > What exactly is stat-prefetch and how does it help? It's directory caching, so it can make "ls -l" results appear faster for instance. There is a comparative lag with that the first time into a directory if it's turned off. It's recognized to have a "minor known issue" here: http://europe.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Gluster_3.2_Release_Notes:_Known_Issues But what the issue is isn't specified. I find that "gluster volume <vol> set stat-prefetch off" can turn it off on a running volume. Not that I've seen a problem with it on, but my Gluster experience is slight. Whit
