Sorry for the delayed response, I am not very clear as to how o_direct
works. If I am not mistaken, I think it has to do something with OS page
caching, where virtuoso also caches data and OS also caches data in the form
of page files and this double caching is avoided with the o_direct
parameter. I maybe completely wrong here. If I am please correct me.

I want to test the performance benefits of using this parameter as we are
expecting load sizes of billions of triples in our store. All I know is that
o_direct param in the ini file enables this and this is OS dependent. But,
is there any document out there which says which OSes support this parameter
and are there any changes that needs to be done in Linux kernal(while
compiling the Kernal or some config file) to enable this? Any document on
this(Unix related or Virtuosos related) will help me in better understanding
what is going on behind the scene.

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Hugh Williams <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Abhi,
>
> Is this a Unix or Virtuoso question ie do you want to know what OS'es
> support  it or on what OS'es Virtuoso supports it ?
>
> Best Regards
> Hugh Williams
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> On 21 Jan 2011, at 03:11, Abhi wrote:
>
> > Is there a list of OSes that support the O_DIRECT param or does anybody
> know how do i find whether a particular OS supports it?
> >
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