[Linux-cachefs] CacheFS on Redhat

[David Howells]

Gaurav Pruthi <gaurav.p at net4.in> wrote:

> I want to implement CacheFS on my redhat EL4. I have few queries:

You cannot use the RHEL-4 kernel RPMs as are as they don't contain all the
hooks you'll need.  You will need to patch and build your own kernel.

RHEL-5, on the other hand, does have FS-Cache in the kernel RPMs.

> 1). Before using it in production, i would like to test it. Is there any
> benchmarking tool avaialble?

Not as such.  It's accessed through NFS, so any tool that can benchmark NFS
will work.

> 2). How it performs on reiserfs filesystem?

No idea.  Other than to check that it works, I've only used it on Ext3.

> 3). Can i implement in on FC4?

Probably, but again you will need to patch your kernel, possibly quite a lot.

David