Re: Filebacked-tvbuffs : GSoC'13

[Ambarisha B <b.ambarisha () gmail com>]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Ambarisha B <b.ambarisha () gmail com> wrote:

> I understand that feasibility could be a concern in the sense that "we cut
> down memory usage without *any* loss in performance* because that would
> depend on how well we can tune the cache. I was thinking that the file
> backing the tvbuff would be a separate file and not the capture file. In
> that case, encryption and compression of capture file wouldn't matter. Am I
> missing something here?

On second thoughts, we don't need a separate file for backing up the tvb.
But, if the file is compressed etc then the cache misses are going to be
more costly. So, I get what you mean't there.

Cheers
Ambarish

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