# Is my use case compatible with Aerospike usage?

**URL:** https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/is-my-use-case-compatible-with-aerospike-usage/2844
**Category:** Use Cases
**Created:** [April 21, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/is-my-use-case-compatible-with-aerospike-usage/2844 "2016-04-21T14:59:47Z")
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### Author: ![kporter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/kporter/32/515_2.png) [@kporter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/kporter)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/is-my-use-case-compatible-with-aerospike-usage/2844/12 "2017-12-27T06:24:19Z")

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Sunil summarized our experience with file backed namespaces here:

> [@Using filesystem to have better caching via VFS](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/using-filesystem-to-have-better-caching-via-vfs/4565/7):
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> TLDR; We found file system to be really bad when the system is running low on memory Details… We actually experimented for the same reason - to see if we can get free read-cache. We tested in the past comparing raw SSD, ext3 and ext4 filesystems. While ext3 was a bit poor than raw SSD, ext4 was better than raw SSD (a bit inconsistent but better). But the fun ends there! While the short-term benchmarks show everything in good light, there were some really bad nightmares when our customers used …

Your results may vary, the issues we have seen are somewhat dependent on the use case.

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