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6.3.2 Metadata cache storage
The metadata cache is used to contain all file system metadata, which includes the following:
All directory contents
File status information, which includes atime, mtime, size, permission bits, and so on
File system structures
Caching of data for files smaller than 7 K
New metadata backing cache
An optional metadata backing cache that contains an extension to the meta cache can be
specified. This new backing cache resides in a data space and is used as a “paging” area for
metadata. Therefore, it allows a larger meta cache for workloads that need large amounts of
metadata.
This ...