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

6       nbdkit-cacheextents-filter - cache extents
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SYNOPSIS

9        nbdkit --filter=cacheextents plugin
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DESCRIPTION

12       "nbdkit-cacheextents-filter" is a filter that caches the result of last
13       extents() call.
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15       A common use for this filter is to improve performance when using a
16       client performing a linear pass over the entire image while asking for
17       only one extent at a time (such as "qemu-img convert"), but where the
18       plugin can provide multiple extents for the same high latency as a
19       single extent (such as nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1)).  For example:
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21        nbdkit -U - --filter=cacheextents --run 'qemu-img map $nbd' vddk ...
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23       For files with big extents (when it is unlikely for one extents() call
24       to return multiple different extents) this does not slow down the
25       access.
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27       This filter only caches image metadata; to also cache image contents,
28       place this filter between nbdkit-cache-filter(1) and the plugin.
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PARAMETERS

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

36       $filterdir/nbdkit-cacheextents-filter.so
37           The filter.
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39           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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VERSION

42       "nbdkit-cacheextents-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.14.
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SEE ALSO

45       nbdkit(1), nbdkit-cache-filter(1), nbdkit-extentlist-filter(1),
46       nbdkit-readahead-filter(1), nbdkit-scan-filter(1),
47       nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1), nbdkit-filter(3), qemu-img(1).
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AUTHORS

50       Martin Kletzander
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53       Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

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