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On Tuesday 30 January 2007 19:22, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote |
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about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinking /usr/portage/distfiles': |
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> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:45:26 -0700, Steve Dibb wrote: |
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> > Not necessarily. tmpfs will start to use the harddrive when it runs |
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> > out of memory, that being one if its nice handy dandy features. |
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> Really? |
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Yes, tmpfs is backed by virtual memory not real memory so it will use your |
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swap if needed. However, by default, each tmpfs mount is limited to 1/2 |
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the physical RAM. |
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In any case, it seems questionable to put yourself in a position where |
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tmpfs is hitting the HD often; it's not tuned for such craziness and |
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probably performs worse than other filesystems in that case. |
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