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zcache: a compressed page cache

zcache: a compressed page cache

Posted Jul 31, 2010 3:04 UTC (Sat) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246)
In reply to: zcache: a compressed page cache by joern
Parent article: zcache: a compressed page cache

And, I should add that with file-backed pages, it sound like it just compresses the in-memory copies. This defers writeback, which can lead to more contiguous allocations (in the case of new files or files that are getting extended), or for transient files, fewer temp files pushing blocks to disk.


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