[lustre-discuss] Avoiding system cache when using ssd pfl extent

[John Bauer]

Pat,

No, not in  general.  It just seems that if one is storing data on an 
SSD it should be optional to have it not stored in memory ( why store in 
2 fast mediums ).

O_DIRECT is not of value as that would apply to all extents, whether on 
SSD on HDD.   O_DIRECT on Lustre has been problematic for me in the 
past, performance wise.

John

On 5/19/22 13:05, Patrick Farrell wrote:
> No, and I'm not sure I agree with you at first glance.
>
> Is this just generally an idea that data stored on SSD should not be 
> in RAM?  If so, there's no mechanism for that other than using direct I/O.
>
> -Patrick
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> *Subject:* [lustre-discuss] Avoiding system cache when using ssd pfl 
> extent
> When using PFL, and using an SSD as the first extent, it seems it would
> be advantageous to not have that extent's file data consume memory in
> the client's system buffers.  It would be similar to using O_DIRECT, but
> on a per-extent basis.  Is there a mechanism for that already?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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