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In case anyone is wondering, Bcache allows one to use an SSD as a read/write cache (in writeback mode) or read cache (writethrough or writearound) for another b

In case anyone is wondering, Bcache allows one to use an SSD as a read/write cache (in writeback mode) or read cache (writethrough or writearound) for another blockdevice (generally a rotating HDD or array).

SteveNuts 9y ago
Is it possible to use bcache in front of an NFS volume?
- khc 9y ago
  No but you can already use FS-cache?
  - ptman 9y ago
    fs-cache / cachefilesd seems to still be buggy. was it even deprecated?
    - khc 9y ago
      Not that I know of. You can also try https://github.com/kahing/catfs https://github.com/kahing/catfs which I wrote recently but I don't promise it's not buggy :-)
- kogepathic 9y ago
  > Is it possible to use bcache in front of an NFS volume? No, because bcache only works for a block device, whereas NFS presents itself as a pseudo filesystem (NFS) to the target. You could however use bcache as a local accelerator for a remote iSCSI target.