I think there are a few options other than the "intuitive" ones. I saw in some lab experiments some trick where you can mount a filesystem Synchrounous or something so that Linux does not buffer output. Not sure if this affects reads.
There is also the new cooperative memory management where one tells linux to use less memory which reduces caching. And the new xip2 file system that can be executables in a shared dcss. saves memory for programs. Could probably put read only data in there too, not sure, but that would be cool. And then there's still reducing the memory size, but make sure you have some swap space so processes not killed when storage gets constrained. >From: Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Folks, does anyone know how to build a Linux 2.4.x kernel that has Linux >file caching disabled? I want to disable Linux's file caching and let >CP's minidisk caching functions do it instead, and to reduce the virtual >storage requirements for the guest. > >TIA. > >-- >Dave Jones >Houston, TX "If you can't measure it, I'm Just NOT interested!"(tm) /************************************************************/ Barton Robinson - CBW Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Velocity Software, Inc Mailing Address: 196-D Castro Street P.O. Box 390640 Mountain View, CA 94041 Mountain View, CA 94039-0640 VM Performance Hotline: 650-964-8867 Fax: 650-964-9012 Web Page: WWW.VELOCITY-SOFTWARE.COM /************************************************************/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
