Re: [squid-users] enable-async-io on Linux

Where did you read that aufs was buggy on Linux? That hasn't been the
case in years, and in fact I think Linux is probably the preferred
platform for aufs now (it was originally developed on Solaris, and still
reportedly runs fine there too).

steve small wrote:
>
> Thanks to everybody for answers to my previous question.
>
> I'm planning of course to test this, but wanted to get some feedback on
> experience with the enable-async-io option on Linux. Various sources
> seem to imply that it's buggy on Linux; the Squid FAQ indicates that it
> only provides a performance benefit on heavily used caches. Any
> thoughts about the stability of Squid with async-io (which uses
> pthreads) on Linux on 2.4STABLE6, and whether you see a significant
> performance gain with it turned on?
>
> Thanks!

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