1VFS_READAHEAD(8) System Administration tools VFS_READAHEAD(8)
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6 vfs_readahead - pre-load the kernel buffer cache
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9 vfs objects = readahead
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12 This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
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14 This vfs_readahead VFS module detects read requests at multiples of a
15 given offset (hex 0x80000 by default) and then tells the kernel via
16 either the readahead system call (on Linux) or the posix_fadvise system
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19 This module is useful for Windows Vista clients reading data using the
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23 The offset multiple used is given by the readahead:offset option, which
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26 The size of the disk read operations performed by vfs_readahead is
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52 vfs objects = readahead
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55 This man page is part of version 4.10.4 of the Samba suite.
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58 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
59 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
60 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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