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On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:30:24 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > man mount explains it all, but the option you want is size, which |
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> > defaults to 50%. I use 80% which is what gives the somewhat odd size |
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> > of 13GB. This is based on physical RAM, but tmpfs will use swap if |
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> > there is not enough memory. |
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> swap destroys your performance and interactivity so throughly - that is |
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> something you really want to avoid. |
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Absolutely, but it beats the hell out of an OOM. I prefer to have a |
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system with plenty of swap and using none of it. |
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