June 30, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-06-30) (Linux 3.10)
Repository
evilpiepirate.org/git/linux-bcache.git
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C
Operating system
Linux
Type
Linux kernel features
License
GNU GPL
Website
bcache.evilpiepirate.org
bcache (abbreviated from block cache) is a cache in the Linux kernel's block layer, which is used for accessing secondary storage devices. It allows one or more fast storage devices, such as flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs), to act as a cache for one or more slower storage devices, such as hard disk drives (HDDs); this effectively creates hybrid volumes and provides performance improvements.
Designed around the nature and performance characteristics of SSDs, bcache also minimizes write amplification by avoiding random writes and turning them into sequential writes instead. This merging of I/O operations is performed for both the cache and the primary storage, helping in extending the lifetime of flash-based devices used as caches, and in improving the performance of write-sensitive primary storages, such as RAID 5 sets.
bcache is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and Kent Overstreet is its primary developer. Overstreet considers bcache as a "prototype" for the development of bcachefs, a filesystem with significant improvements over bcache.[1]
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