[Opensim-dev] HUGE ASSET CACHE

[Dahlia Trimble]

shouldn't the OS do that for you? or are you syncing the disk on writes?
if the disk is thrashing, something else may be wrong

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Frisby, Adam <adam at deepthink.com.au>wrote:

> I think the ideal disk cache needs to do things Async with a small memory
> cache.
>
> Probably a 5 minute mem cache with a long-term store on disk. All disk
> operations need to be done ideally async for storage. (obviously retrieval
> is another matter entirely).
>
> Adam
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
> > bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Brianna
> > Sent: Sunday, 31 May 2009 11:50 PM
> > To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] HUGE ASSET CACHE
> >
> > No Cigar for me.. thrashed my HD a while, was filling my test (7000
> > prims)
> > server disk fast and made lotsa noise.
> > thanks though for the try
> > so far .. the best cache is no cache :(
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Cortez" <mcortez at gmail.com>
> > To: <opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] HUGE ASSET CACHE
> >
> >
> > > Dan wrote:
> > >> Is it possible to configure a huge disk asset-cache for region
> > servers?
> > > A disk cache is currently being tested.
> > >
> > > No guarantees, warranties, express or implied but the test patch is
> > > available at
> > >
> > > http://code.google.com/p/flotsam/downloads/list
> > >
> > > This is just something I threw together in a couple minutes of coding
> > as
> > > a proof of concept for a file cache.  There is no limiting or
> > expiration
> > > mechanism, and as such is not appropriate for production use.  If
> > > testing proves that it's useful, then I'll submit to mantis for
> > > inclusion in OpenSim SVN.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Cortez
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