> Hi,
>
> Alex Pilosov:
> > The only (completely) real solution for this is to use raw devices,
> > uncached by the kernel, without any filesystem overhead...
> >
> ...and with no OS caching _at_all_.
>
> > Are there any plans to support that?
> >
> IMHO it's interesting to note that even Oracle, which used to be one of
> the "you gotta use a raw partition if you want any speed at all" guys,
> has moved into the "use a normal partition or a regular file unless you
> do things like sharing a RAID between two hosts" camp.
Yes, we noticed that. We are glad we didn't waste time going in that
direction.
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