<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com">mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 18:22, loody &lt;<a href="mailto:miloody@gmail.com">miloody@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Dear all:<br>
&gt; Is there any document which explain what &quot;backing device&quot; used for?<br>
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</div>such as &quot;backing block device&quot; in caching?<br>
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regards,<br>
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Mulyadi Santosa<br>
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant<br>
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blog: <a href="http://the-hydra.blogspot.com" target="_blank">the-hydra.blogspot.com</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Backing device in linux is a block device. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Rohan Puri</div>