nate wrote: > 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. Or - if you are doing something like serving web content that can be a bit stale you might put memcache in front of the DB with a few changes in the client access. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com