From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 02:04:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE5A1065694 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 02:04:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from proace@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 137B78FC14 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 02:04:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from proace@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so1721127yxb.13 for ; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:04:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=VMlOhzvbc76Ru+1EAioKbzU4mKEgLZPD72lGc11YYHU=; b=Z5o9ZT4LOE7DO+srR5GpM+yXkdHl6ojUipoO9140k7/px7+0mkJQkkt4bUfc/soO6c OshSJkJpOSmQDlXzCKGW8nsXzlMInjk9OylON08na5iND9wHiLi6TxBZ/E7oDg5r2sOl 8KJuvu9DxLvycD8MexizH/1b8b3LQf/YaHMMo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=R4x/1RbvzmkwkFl0EBaqYleB/IXIAhmY0n8uhwBxDLWo6ybEek8KsOiv0LfqaP0YDR Kxhg9mY/58yGMfU+B6a/LFPnWVYrTgilLzMmj0jnxfN5ecOm7MATLd2FUL14qNl+gADi gG5uDWa3Oflc3lYJpbeCO8lVC42OoWPNY+Exk= Received: by 10.151.141.16 with SMTP id t16mr13470341ybn.167.1220493868169; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.148.11 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <737a6d270809031904u31963f7au752e6fadae4536c3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:04:28 +0800 From: ProAce To: "Robert Watson" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <737a6d270809012309w2be16ba3s8937623841107557@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to cache nfs file in local disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:04:30 -0000 > > 2008/9/4, Robert Watson : > > The AFS argument may be relevant here: persistent client-side caching is as > much about indirectly improving client performance through greater server > scalability as about directly improving client performance through local > disk I/O speed. > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > But change fs from nfs to afs maybe more complex, and need more evaluations for the production environment. If my cognition for AFS is wrong, could you give me more hints? :)