Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:24:20 +0400 From: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@doom.homeunix.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Relative performance of swap-backed MFS vs. regular UFS? Message-ID: <20041023182420.GA19119@doom.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <417A9F1E.8060104@gamersimpact.com> References: <20041022223238.GA12502@tikitechnologies.com> <20041023180638.GA19033@doom.homeunix.org> <417A9F1E.8060104@gamersimpact.com>
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On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:12:46PM -0500, Ryan Sommers wrote: > > > >You can also use md(4). In my case I use it for /tmp. > > > MFS is the same thing as md(4). mfs = Memory File System, md = Memory > Disk. Difference is only in the name. I thought mfs is allocated from virtual memory, while md - directly from RAM. Am I wrong? -ip -- The best shots happen immediately after the last frame is exposed.
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