Re: Md cache?

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On Wednesday June 2, linuxboy123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> to all,
> 
> Is anyone aware of a way to cause the md devices to use some system memory as a write cache? (maybe through mdadm?).  I have looked everywhere and cannot seem to find anything about such a feature.
> 
> If not, anyone  know if this is a possibility for the future, Neil?

What is it exactly that you want.

All device IO is cached in memory before being written to the device.
The only real value of a cache with a RAID array is if it we a
non-volatile cache.  Is that what you were thinking of.

NeilBrown
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