Re: [tlug] SSD caching of 10x 10GB files on slow NAS

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com>]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Miles Colman <mcolman@example.com> wrote:
> Hi TLUG,
> I was wondering if there is some automatic linux-based system to cache 100
> GB to 200 GB of data on one SSD automatically to make loading 10 GB files
> from a slow NAS (where the files live) snappy for about 5 users at once.
>
http://bcache.evilpiepirate.org/

> I'm guessing this would be simple if the NAS were actually just a 2 TB drive
> installed in a rackmount server with an open drive bay, and adding the SSD
> just meant connecting it.
>
No idea what you are asking here... Can you clarify?

Do you have a NAS appliance (say QNAP) that you want to cache or what
is the hardware involved?

Kalin.