I don't know if this exists or not, but I'd like to try something like a fuse filesystem which can transparently copy a file to a fast scratch SSD when it is first accessed.
I have a somewhat large zfs array and it makes consistent noise as I stream videos from it. The streaming is basically a steady trickle compared to what the array is capable of. I'd rather incur all the noise up front, as fast as possible, then continue the stream from a silent SSD.
I have a somewhat large zfs array and it makes consistent noise as I stream videos from it. The streaming is basically a steady trickle compared to what the array is capable of. I'd rather incur all the noise up front, as fast as possible, then continue the stream from a silent SSD.