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Posted on 2016/12/142016/12/15 by Justin Sherrill
swapcache, modernized

You know about swapcache(8), the DragonFly-specific trick of caching disk data on an small SSD, meaning you get mostly the speed benefits of an SSD while still using a cheaper, slower drive?  Whether you did or didn’t, Matthew Dillon’s updated the documentation for it to account for recent hardware changes.

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