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From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
Subject: Re: Adding Swapspace ??
Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 23:44:13 GMT
Message-ID: <BwLLxp.7Bt@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
References: <Bw7H4L.LLB@cosy.sbg.ac.at> <1992Oct16.162729.3701@ninja.zso.dec.com> <1992Oct16.201806.21519@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <Bw8Mw5.IFC@pix.com> <1992Oct18.082017.22382@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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In <1992Oct18.082017.22382@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>I think this was the pre 4.3 code, before the introduction of cluster groups;
>in any case, the write to the disk is done through a write-through cache.

The UNIX FS buffer cache has since it's invention been write-behind
and not write-through.
-- 
				Christoph Badura  ---  bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org

AIX is a better... is a better...  is a better... OpenSystem.
					IBM Rep at GUUG Symposium '92