Using disk to cache stuff can be done with CODA etc. Problem is that NFS
etc is not designed for caching.
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Please define "standard Linux cache."
>
> cachefs is used in situations where the cacheable data set size is
> too large for the buffer cache.
>
> As for using a mount parameter, that would be an NFS-specific solution.
> What about caching large smbfs filesystems, for instance? Or coda, or some
> other network fs?
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