From 8f8a9f01909ba29e2b781310baeeaaddc3f15f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gerald W. Carter" Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:09:40 -0500 Subject: Moving docs tree to docs-xml to make room for generated docs in the release tarball. (This used to be commit 9f672c26d63955f613088489c6efbdc08b5b2d14) --- docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_cacheprime.8.xml | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_cacheprime.8.xml (limited to 'docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_cacheprime.8.xml') diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_cacheprime.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_cacheprime.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0249ac27b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/vfs_cacheprime.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ + + + + + + vfs_cacheprime + 8 + Samba + System Administration tools + 3.2 + + + + + vfs_cacheprime + prime the kernel file data cache + + + + + vfs objects = cacheprime + + + + + DESCRIPTION + + This VFS module is part of the + samba + 7 suite. + + The vfs_cacheprime VFS module reads chunks + of file data near the range requested by clients in order to + make sure the data is present in the kernel file data cache at + the time when it is actually requested by clients. + + The size of the disk read operations performed + by vfs_cacheprime is determined by the + cacheprime:rsize option. All disk read operations are aligned + on boundaries that are a multiple of this size. Each range of + the file data is primed at most once during the time the client + has the file open. + + This module is stackable. + + + + OPTIONS + + + + + cacheprime:rsize = BYTES + + The number of bytes with which to prime + the kernel data cache. + The following suffixes may be applied to BYTES: + + K - BYTES is a number of kilobytes + M - BYTES is a number of megabytes + G - BYTES is a number of gigabytes + + + + + + + + + + EXAMPLES + + For a hypothetical disk array, it is necessary to ensure + that all read operations are of size 1 megabyte (1048576 bytes), + and aligned on 1 megabyte boundaries: + + + + cacheprime + 1M + + + + + + CAVEATS + cacheprime is not a a substitute for + a general-purpose readahead mechanism. It is intended for use + only in very specific environments where disk operations must + be aligned and sized to known values (as much as that is possible). + + + + + VERSION + This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite. + + + + + AUTHOR + + The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed. + + + + -- cgit