[ILUG] benefits of raw i/o

[Paul Jakma]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, David Murphy wrote:

> > if dataset is far far greater than RAM, then trying to cache it is pretty
> > futile... esp. if access to that dataset is non-obvious.
> 
> Eh, I have squid on my machine, and it's not futile, even if the whole
> web won't fit in it...
> 

grrr.. i'm talking about OS trying to cache blocks.

squid caching web pages is a different story.. it caches to disk
aswell, but that doesn't matter as disk >> internet in speed..

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On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, David Murphy wrote:

> > if dataset is far far greater than RAM, then trying to cache it is pretty
> > futile... esp. if access to that dataset is non-obvious.
> 
> Eh, I have squid on my machine, and it's not futile, even if the whole
> web won't fit in it...
> 

grrr.. i'm talking about OS trying to cache blocks.

squid caching web pages is a different story.. it caches to disk
aswell, but that doesn't matter as disk >> internet in speed..

-- 
Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie
PGP5 key: http://www.clubi.ie/jakma/publickey.txt
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Fortune:
I can't decide whether to commit suicide or go bowling.
		-- Florence Henderson


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