vmtouch

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vmtouch is a tool for learning about and controlling the file system cache of unix and unix-like systems. It is BSD licensed so you can basically do whatever you want with it.

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • FreeBSD
  • HP-UX
  • OpenBSD
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  • Developed by

    hoytech

  • Licensing

    Open Source (BSD-3-Clause) and Free product.

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  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  1,818 Stars
  •  214 Forks
  •  53 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 2, 2024 
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vmtouch was added to AlternativeTo by ab1 on May 9, 2022 and this page was last updated May 9, 2022.

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vmtouch can't replace ramdisk for write-only or mixed workloads.

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What is vmtouch?

vmtouch is a tool for learning about and controlling the file system cache of unix and unix-like systems. It is BSD licensed so you can basically do whatever you want with it.

What is it good for?

  • Discovering which files your OS is caching
  • Telling the OS to cache or evict certain files or regions of files
  • Locking files into memory so the OS won't evict them
  • Preserving virtual memory profile when failing over servers
  • Keeping a "hot-standby" file-server
  • Plotting filesystem cache usage over time
  • Maintaining "soft quotas" of cache usage
  • Speeding up batch/cron jobs

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