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Subject: Re: dm-writeboost: Progress Report
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:03:11 -0800
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> Akira Hayakawa
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 3:47 AM
>
> This is because Writeboost makes a log on the RAM and writes it out to the
> cache device in sequential manner. I don't think other cache softwares can
> achieve this high level of throughput.

Would I be incorrect in assuming that this increased write performance comes
with the trade-off of a greater risk of losing data in the case of power
failure or crash?