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How to configure Linux to cache file metadata in preference to contents?

I’d like to set the system up to use most RAM for file system metadata caching, but only a reasonably small amount for read/write caching and prefetching files. Ideally I would like to be able to ...
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Ubuntu filesystem buffers/cache always empty

I have a virtual server with ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS and plesk (preinstalled by hosting company). Now i have seen that the buffers/cache are always empty. Current uptime is 22 days. free and htop shows the ...
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How to set up ZFS with ZIL and L2ARC SSD?

I have been considering bcache and flashcache. However my friend suggested me something called ZFS. In fact it says that formating disk with ZFS can actually do the exact same thing without kernel ...
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Real copy to Android device

When i copy files to the Android phone, they are copied to some cache, but they aren't written. I don't like it, because i don't know what is done. I've tried these methods: copying via thunar file ...
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delayed write in operating file system

I read in some papers about NFS and Sprite that a system can use delayed writes when a client writes something to the server. I would like to know what is the purpose of this technique?
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Embedded device: How to do raw reads and write to flash (emmc/movinand) bypassing file system cache

I have an embedded device with a flash memory running linux. I want to do raw read writes on the flash part but I also want to avoid any file system cache. How can I do this? Any pointers?
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Is there a way to sync only one partition?

Is there a way to sync only one partition instead of all partitions? Something like "sync /dev/sdc1".
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What options are there for tuning Linux file system caching?

What various types of caching are possible in the ext3 file system and how can their values be changed using system calls or other methods? I don't want to use commands or tools.
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Linux equivalent to ReadyBoost?

Is there a kernel module or some other patch or something similar to Windows' ReadyBoost? Basically I'm looking for something that allows disk reads to be cached on a Flash drive.
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How to cache or otherwise speed up `du` summaries?

We have a large file system on which a full du (disk usage) summary takes over two minutes. I'd like to find a way to speed up a disk usage summary for arbitrary directories on that file system. For ...