Special Edition Using® Solaris™ 9

Summary

CacheFS makes it possible to cache data on the local system. When there is a read request for the same data, it is read from the local cache, which improves server performance. You can use the cfsadmin command to create CacheFS. Combined with options such as -l, -d, -u, this command can also be used to perform administration tasks, such as list, update, and delete cache content. Before you perform add or delete tasks on the cached file systems, it is important to mount them. You can mount the cached file system, using the mount command, edit the /etc/vfstab file, or use the autofs mechanism. To enhance the performance of CacheFS, it is important to constantly maintain it. The maintenance tasks include checking for consistencies, correcting ...