systemd-readahead-done.timer (8) - Linux Manuals
systemd-readahead-done.timer: Disk read ahead logic
NAME
systemd-readahead-replay.service, systemd-readahead-collect.service, systemd-readahead-done.service, systemd-readahead-done.timer, systemd-readahead - Disk read ahead logic
SYNOPSIS
systemd-readahead-replay.service
systemd-readahead-collect.service
systemd-readahead-done.service
systemd-readahead-done.timer
- /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-readahead/systemd-readahead [OPTIONS...] COMMAND [DIRECTORY | FILE]
DESCRIPTION
systemd-readahead-done.service is executed a short while after boot completed and signals systemd-readahead-collect.service to end data collection. On this signal, this service will then sort the collected disk accesses and store information about them in /.readahead.
Normally, both systemd-readahead-collect.service and systemd-readahead-replay.service are activated at boot so that access patterns from the preceding boot are replayed and new data collected for the subsequent boot. However, on read-only media where the collected data cannot be stored, it might be a good idea to disable systemd-readahead-collect.service.
On rotating media, when replaying disk accesses at early boot, systemd-readahead-replay.service will order read requests by their location on disk. On non-rotating media, they will be ordered by their original access timestamp. If the file system supports it, systemd-readahead-collect.service will also defragment and rearrange files on disk to optimize subsequent boot times.
OPTIONS
systemd-readahead understands the following options:
--files-max=
- Maximum number of files to read ahead. Only valid for thes collect command.
--file-size-max=
- Maximum size of files in bytes to read ahead. Only valid for the collect and replay commands.
--timeout=
- Maximum time in microseconds to spend collecting data. Only valid for the collect command.
-h, --help
- Print a short help text and exit.
--version
- Print a short version string and exit.
COMMANDS
The following commands are understood by systemd-readahead:
collect [DIRECTORY]
- Collect read-ahead data on early boot. When terminating, it will write out a pack file to the indicated directory containing the read-ahead data.
replay [DIRECTORY]
- Perform read-ahead on the specified directory tree.
analyze [FILE]
- Dumps the content of the read-ahead pack file to the terminal. For each file, the output lists approximately how much will be read ahead by the replay command.