[GH-ISSUE #214] Asynchronously prefetch reads #119

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opened 2026-03-04 01:42:17 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @gaul on GitHub (Jul 28, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/214

s3fs does a synchronous read-ahead on when reading at a given offset. This is a poor fit for streaming reads that video players do. Instead, s3fs should issue an asynchronous prefetch when the applications reads 50% of the previous buffer.

Originally created by @gaul on GitHub (Jul 28, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/214 s3fs does a synchronous read-ahead on when reading at a given offset. This is a poor fit for streaming reads that video players do. Instead, s3fs should issue an asynchronous prefetch when the applications reads 50% of the previous buffer.