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Cache File Systems (CacheFS)

The Cache File System (CacheFS) is a new filesystem type that provides client-side caching for NFS and other filesystem types. Using CacheFS on NFS clients with local disk space can significantly increase the number of clients a server can support and reduce the data access time for clients using read-only file systems.

The cfsadmin command is used for managing CacheFS filesystems. A special version of the fsck command, fsck_cachefs is used to check the integrity of a cache directory. It is automatically invoked when a CacheFS filesystem is mounted. When mounting and unmounting CacheFS filesystems, the -t cachefs option must be used. For more information on these commands, see the cfsadmin(1M), fsck_cachefs(1M), and mount(1M) reference pages.

CacheFS filesystems are available if you are using the optional NFS software. They are described in detail in the ONC3/NFS Administrator's Guide, which is included with the NFS software option.



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