NFSv4 and client caching to local disk?

DISCUSSION James Pearson 2 participants 2 messages Mar 28, 2003

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James Pearson

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2003-03-28 12:20 UTC #0 lore raw

I'm trying to find out more about 'cachefs' type file systems that can cache NFS data to a client's local disk - I've come across a couple of references that seem to indicate that this may be possible with NFSv4.

Does (will?) the Linux NFSv4 client support this feature?

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James Pearson

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J. Bruce Fields

2003-03-28 15:02 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 5 lines · James Pearson

I'm trying to find out more about 'cachefs' type file systems that can cache NFS data to a client's local disk - I've come across a couple of references that seem to indicate that this may be possible with NFSv4.
Does (will?) the Linux NFSv4 client support this feature?

Nobody's working on it now as far as I know. You might do a search for 'cachefs' on the linux-kernel mailing list:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=group%3Afa.linux.kernel+cachefs&btnG=Google+Search

I seem to remember some relevant discussions there.--Bruce F.