from my reading the sequential r/w wont change much, but your random r/w will. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > On 2016-07-08 13:02, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> And success. Server is now up with LVMcache and boots nicely. >> Very educational! >> >> http://cryptworkslinux.blogspot.com/2016/07/ubuntu-1604-home-server-and-lvm-cache.html >> > > Neat! There are a few problems with having your / on LVM, and this is one > of them, but as you found, it's possible to make it all work. I will try > this with /home as the cached LV, because my / is on a regular partition on > the SSD instead of on an LV. And then see what bonnie++ or a similar > benchmark[0] reports for /home before and after the cacheing change. > > [0] There are 5 species of mendacity, each worse than the last: Lies, > damned lies, statistics, benchmarks, and vendor promises. > > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen