> This is complete bullshit. If you know nothing about how virtual memory > works, please refrain from making a fool of yourself. :-(
> Files which are written on a regular filesystem stay on memory. This is > called the buffer cache. Whenever they are not used and/or the system > needs to reclaim memory, they are trashed. > Files which are written on a tmpfs stay on memory. Whenever they are not > used and/or the system needs to reclaim memory, they are swapped. > > See? No difference. You seem to forget that memory is not an unlimited resource, the system might need it for other things, and in that case a large tmpfs causes severe slowdown (and even complete freeze). Bye -- Salvo Tomaselli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
