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diff --git a/man/lvmcache.7_main b/man/lvmcache.7_main index dddd33cfa..ce440bf49 100644 --- a/man/lvmcache.7_main +++ b/man/lvmcache.7_main @@ -240,6 +240,18 @@ The writecache block size should be chosen to match the xfs sectsz value. It is also possible to specify a sector size of 4096 to mkfs.xfs when creating the file system. In this case the writecache block size of 4096 can be used. +.P +.SS dm-writecache memory usage +.P +The amount of main system memory used by dm-writecache can be a factor +when selecting the writecache cachevol size and the writecache block size. +.P +.IP \[bu] 2 +writecache block size 4096: each 100 GiB of writecache cachevol uses +slighly over 2 GiB of system memory. +.IP \[bu] 2 +writecache block size 512: each 100 GiB of writecache cachevol uses +a little over 16 GiB of system memory. . .SS dm-writecache settings . |