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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-08-13 19:59:15 -0400
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@@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
gid Set the default gid for inodes (similar to above).
file_mode If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server
this overrides the default mode for file inodes.
+ fsc Enable local disk caching using FS-Cache (off by default). This
+ option could be useful to improve performance on a slow link,
+ heavily loaded server and/or network where reading from the
+ disk is faster than reading from the server (over the network).
+ This could also impact scalability positively as the
+ number of calls to the server are reduced. However, local
+ caching is not suitable for all workloads for e.g. read-once
+ type workloads. So, you need to consider carefully your
+ workload/scenario before using this option. Currently, local
+ disk caching is functional for CIFS files opened as read-only.
dir_mode If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server
this overrides the default mode for directory inodes.
port attempt to contact the server on this tcp port, before
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