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Mounting a file system "forcedirectio" can be useful when you know your access pattern is such that caching data is a net performance drain.
For example, if you know you're streaming data in a way that you'll almost never read the same bytes again before they would be dropped from the kernel cache, "forcedirectio" can be helpful in getting better performance.