1nbdkit-readahead-filter(1)          NBDKIT          nbdkit-readahead-filter(1)
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NAME

6       nbdkit-readahead-filter - prefetch data when reading sequentially
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SYNOPSIS

9        nbdkit --filter=readahead plugin
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DESCRIPTION

12       "nbdkit-readahead-filter" is a filter that prefetches data when the
13       client is reading sequentially.
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15       A common use for this filter is to accelerate sequential copy
16       operations (like "qemu-img convert") when plugin requests have a high
17       overhead (like nbdkit-curl-plugin(1)).  For example:
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19        nbdkit -U - --filter=readahead curl https://example.com/disk.img \
20               --run 'qemu-img convert $nbd disk.img'
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22       The filter uses a simple adaptive algorithm which accelerates
23       sequential reads, but has a small penalty if the client does random
24       reads.  If the client mixes reads with writes or write-like operations
25       (trimming, zeroing) then it will work but there can be a large
26       performance penalty.
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PARAMETERS

29       There are no parameters specific to nbdkit-readahead-filter.  Any
30       parameters are passed through to and processed by the underlying plugin
31       in the normal way.
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FILES

34       $filterdir/nbdkit-readahead-filter.so
35           The filter.
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37           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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VERSION

40       "nbdkit-readahead-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.12.
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SEE ALSO

43       nbdkit(1), nbdkit-cache-filter(1), nbdkit-curl-plugin(1),
44       nbdkit-retry-filter(1), nbdkit-ssh-plugin(1), nbdkit-torrent-plugin(1),
45       nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1), nbdkit-filter(3), qemu-img(1).
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AUTHORS

48       Richard W.M. Jones
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51       Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

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55       modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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84nbdkit-1.28.2                     2021-11-09        nbdkit-readahead-filter(1)
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