[CentOS] Centos/Linux Disk Caching, might be OT in some ways

Sun Jan 24 18:21:14 UTC 2010
nate <centos at linuxpowered.net>

Noob Centos Admin wrote:
> I'm trying to optimize some database app running on a CentOS server
> and wanted to confirm some things about the disk/file caching
> mechanism.

If you want a fast database forget about file system caching,
use Direct I/O and put your memory to better use - application
level caching.

nate