From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 12:52:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381941065673 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE38D8FC0C for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyf3 with SMTP id 3so1327121gyf.13 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.206.12 with SMTP id d12mr4598568ybg.40.1295873528042; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-071-070-216-068.nc.res.rr.com [71.70.216.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v8sm8605511yba.2.2011.01.24.04.52.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E6F68E5485F for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:52:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:52:05 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110124075205.4632d037@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110124121821.107c2061@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <12db3210cd2.-2509072410058136592.-3952788888916668261@zoho.com> <20110124121821.107c2061@gumby.homeunix.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEUeH4oAAI3//v8LDHmw s8gyNZ/b3ej7+vn+/v////+PjIc8Plaj/TnQAAACNElEQVQ4jaXUvW/aQBQAcFtKGZLFT+YY 3D1SR9SKoRMncE3IggU4kicGi1JYOgQwyYrgnLlSzhsoNkTuVJEp+ef6ztiAoV3aJ+QPfufn s987S/5fQvoXYPjztmfc514Ks+5JfGUCfrzt4+VabF+jwEV4DGEXN8N4p16sPLxHX07/V3qX yfF5D2H6K4V8j9NkyAphvkjBembD5PDFk3zeTzP1jcksyaV9w+d4ELmUoOp8N2p8uQVyhTAT uawnKNH2mie5lJp48mscUcbJUvg0mR6APwAoye9AMyWozY4gAh0vcxa5FJ4TKCuODESWtfkB 8AEQSupUXNIYH8FSC2w8X3eMBNbbVJpJ7MgECO5yJ9DUEWCYkzNAlsRsgwLQ1GkWqELbkDOh 1bUzoHagYkNh9MXlK/MQoA42gTxz2bhPM2DJedm8MZx6cNfJgEZJ5cmwPp5FZ/Ye8O2qTrFV dgOrHkZRBoheJiGrRquwAhnQ6GeTePPerWVmQelAQ5lwNqtvQd2lcooAV74/zR1BIRS19fy5 ru+B/8ReW9pYKMPjt609zDaitHHTGOO+Zu7gHvsKE7XbeE1QVuJXomIFuZgUJdXQdhpqEELc /e8RLjfi+cQ01yMdWot8UcCVxEWHEkcUrsDGuhaIEoM9kfgAR6jxHcmEV7tNURAl8KTHN9iF McKGFHGO62O62UMpbmlVuogQ7ndL8zXCiLeBy3xpfrqaXS/+AHDG4o8AvhuPeezD/3xL/hy/ Adjlg2odglF2AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: putting "/tmp" to memory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:52:09 -0000 On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:18:21 +0000 RW articulated: > I have > > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,size=4280000000 > > I would suggest you don't use tmpmfs="YES" in rc.conf unless you are > being very conservative with a production server. tmpfs is nominally > experimental, but it seems to be very stable, and it's much more > memory efficient than md devices. On a FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE, I have the following: cat /etc/fstab | grep -i "tmpfs" tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,mode=01777 0 0 It works very well and I have not noticed any problems whatsoever. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it is done, they have seen it done every day, but they are unable to do it themselves. Brendan Behan