I won't say "No! You don't want to do that! That's bad!"
What I will say is: "No! This isn't the place to ask!"
This is the Linux-8086 mailing list... i.e. Linux for XTs and 286s. We
don't mess with BigLinux stuff here.
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Ted Pavlic wrote:
> Does anyone know how to limit the amount memory used for disk cache by
> Linux?
>
> Before everyone says, "No! You don't want to do that! That's bad!" Let me
> explain my situation.
>
> I have a RAID that has its own disk cache, and I receive much better
> performance if I let my RAID handle the caching and have Linux leave it
> alone.
>
> I'm using the Linux 2.2.5 kernel.
>
> I've experimented with /proc/sys/vm, but any changes I make there don't seem
> to have any effect on actual caching.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> --
> . Ted Pavlic <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tedpavlic.com/
>
>
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