Re: [opensuse] Flash Cache

В Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:54:13 +0100 todd rme пишет:

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Koenraad Lelong wrote:

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Hi,

I just got a new laptop. It seems to contain a "flash cache" device. That is a SSD drive to cache disk-IO, so my googling tells me. I didn't find if linux really supports this, although I saw something about servers. Anyone has more information ? Will OS12.2/12.3 support this out of the box, or do I need to tweek ?

Regards,

Koenraad Lelong.

If you are talking about what I think you are talking about then no, Linux does not support it, and never will. Linus has flat-out said he thinks it is bad technology.

It would be helpful if you a) explained what you think OP was talking about and b) gave link to Linus statement.

I am frankly shocked that new laptops have it, I thought they gave up on the idea years ago.

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