On 09/15/2005 03:25:40 PM, Kevin Closson wrote: > >>> > >>>It isn't too difficult to write a simulation that will > >>>render the cache useless. > > actually quite easy. create a file that is 100 fold > larger than cache and do completely random 4KB transfers. > > smoked > But that can easily be solved with larger cache. I know of a site which has 64GB EMC cache and they're happy as clams. File that is 100 times larger then that would be 6.4 TB. They should be doing 8k transfers. -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mgogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l