--- title: "Why Databases Should Bypass the Linux Page Cache" url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-databases-should-bypass-the-linux-page-cache-mlrous9mt source_url: https://thenewstack.io/why-databases-should-bypass-the-linux-page-cache/ type: article source: "The New Stack" published: 2024-03-13T14:35:48.097Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z tags: ["linux", "backend", "storage", "scylladb"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 4 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Databases Should Bypass the Linux Page Cache **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 10 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Databases, like ScyllaDB, should bypass the Linux page cache due to its inefficiency in serving database workloads. ScyllaDB uses its own highly efficient row-based integrated internal cache instead. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mykytanikitenko42** · 0 upvotes > Cool article, love Scylla :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#storage](https://daily.dev/tags/storage), [#scylladb](https://daily.dev/tags/scylladb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-databases-should-bypass-the-linux-page-cache-mlrous9mt)