The behavior of readahead in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • What does readahead handle?
  • There is CPU load occured when readahead cron job runs. Is it possible to control it by settings or anything else?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • readahead

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