On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:56:42AM -0400, Tom Oehser wrote: > > ... but with ext2 (I keep my /tmp as ext2 for speed... it's small and > > doesn't really need to be ext3 IMO) ... > > Have you looked at the tmpfs filesystem that has been added to 2.4? > > Very very very much faster than ext2 and ext3... Is it faster then the cache used for ext2 and ext3? Cos I seriously doubt it... at least not so much faster that you'd bother with it for the sole purpose of speed. And I think it can be swapped out so if you leave something there long term, you're still hitting disk. The only reason I'd bother with it as a replacement for /tmp is if I had tons of ram+swap and didn't use it all. Then it'd save me oh... 128M-256M of disk space. ;) (Unless I'm wrong about tmpfs speed vs cache speed :) > Of course, even less un-deletable... Indeed. :) -- CORUSCANT-Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet." - http://www.zip.com.au/~cat/misc/txt/waronterror.txt
