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On 21-Jan-14 18:14, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:03:08 +0100, Jarry wrote: |
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>> I would like to use tmpfs for all the package-compilation |
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>> to spare my SSD from too many writing-cycles, but I can not |
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>> guess how much do I need. I'm rather limited with RAM, |
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>> if I use more than 512MB for /var/tmp/portage, my server |
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>> lowers buffers/cache to nearly zero and starts swapping... |
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> Then don't use more than 512MB, I certainly wouldn't use less for the |
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> packages you mention. |
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OMG, I was really over-optimistic! Even 2 GB tmpfs for |
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/var/tmp/portage was not enough to re-compile gcc-4.7.3! |
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This is really no way for me. I think I will get some small |
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SLC-based SSD instead... |
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Jarry |
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