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TIPTOE

TIPTOE is a research prefetching and caching algorithm that adds disk-load-aware estimates to TIP-2's shared-buffer allocation.

Related Observatory article: TIPTOE on hesela.com

Deep prefetch can help when upcoming reads exceed a disk's available service time. Evicting reusable data from that constrained disk also becomes more costly. [1]

Relations

related
Informed prefetching, Prefetch trigger distance, Prefetch wastage, Table-based Prefetching (TaP)

Limitations

  • The trace-driven simulation omits paging interference and does not explore mostly inaccurate hints. [1]

Citations

  1. Tomkins, Patterson and Gibson. Informed Multi-Process Prefetching and Caching. SIGMETRICS 1997, sections 2-5 and Table 2. (accessed 2026-11-14)
Sources & caveats
  • Source review, not a simulator rerun. The 1997 results do not establish present-day Linux or SSD performance.

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