[dm-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] dm-cache: block level disk cache target for device mapper

[Eric Van Hensbergen]

On 11/27/06, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh at hera.kernel.org> wrote:
> This is the first cut of a device-mapper target which provides a write-back
> or write-through block cache.  It is intended to be used in conjunction with
> remote block devices such as iSCSI or ATA-over-Ethernet, particularly in
> cluster situations.
>

The technical paper describing our motivations and some performance
results has finally made it through IBM's clearance process.  It is
available here:

http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/ba52bef8b940e7438525723c006bafea?OpenDocument

               -eric