Bcache Testing: Metadata

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 17, 2010 1:04 PM EDT
Linux Magazine; By Jeffrey B. Layton
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Our two prior articles have detailed the performance results from a new patch, bcache, that uses SSDs to cache hard drives. We’ve looked at the throughput and IOPS performance of bcache and — while it is still very new and under heavy development — have found that in some cases it can help performance. This article examines the metadata performance of bcache hoping to also find areas where it can further boost performance.

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