Chris Wedgwood <chris@cybernet.co.nz> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 12:16:04PM +0800, Michael O'Reilly wrote:
>
> > #1. We delete as often as we create.
>
> Is this necessary?
>
> Assuming the `peaks' times are short enough to to overwhelm the disk
> and that cache_min/cache_max are far enough apart - can deletes not
> be deferred a little while and perhaps batched?
Yes, of course, but the number of each in the long run must
approximately match.
> > #3. We normally sit fairly close to full. (i.e. 95% used).
>
> Or worse...
>
> /dev/sdb1 4292072 4196407 51246 99% /mounts/cache0
> /dev/sdc1 4059377 3994873 22495 99% /mounts/cache1
You're just a bit braver than I am. :) You start getting pretty awful
filesystem fragmentation if you get _too_ close.
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