mikewalch commented on a change in pull request #44: ACCUMULO-4750 Created caching documentation URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo-website/pull/44#discussion_r154688964
########## File path: _docs-2-0/administration/caching.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: Caching +category: administration +order: 11 +--- + +Accumulo tablet servers have a **block cache** that buffers data in memory to limit reads from disk. +This caching has the following benefits: + +* reduces latency when reading data +* helps alleviate hotspots in tables + +The block cache stores index and data blocks. A typical Accumulo read will perfrom a binary search Review comment: Fixed in 4c22f3edc2b6 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
