Re: Two questions about stripe_cache_size

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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:13:14 -0800 "Patrick J. LoPresti" <lopresti@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks, Neil.  Actually, I think I have one more question...  (Well,
> one question with many faces.)
> 
> Is the stripe cache write-back, or write-through?  If the latter, when
> does it get flushed to disk, exactly?
> 

Write-through.

However I am tempted to make it write-back as filesystems now submit 'flush'
requests which can be used to flush the cache.  I wonder if you would be able
to notice any performance difference...

NeilBrown
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