Re: Md cache?

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On 3 Jun 2004, Brian Pontius wrote:
> 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.

Linux uses system memory to cache writes; adding a second layer of
caching is really quite unlikely to add anything except a second point
of failure, unless your system memory is battery backed...

   Daniel
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especially when it is deep.
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