Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:11:44 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: geoffr@globalserve.net Cc: Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAM Drive Message-ID: <19980413141144.35239@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <3532615E.A9BEB61E@globalserve.net>; from Geoffrey Robinson on Apr 04, 1998 at 03:02:54PM -0400 References: <3.0.5.32.19980412221842.00937b20@207.213.224.25> <3532615E.A9BEB61E@globalserve.net>
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On Apr 04, 1998 at 03:02:54PM -0400, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion but that wouldn't help much since I want a RAM > drive for faster I/O. I've got CGIs that run up to 3 times a second and > each time they read in several big data files and make lots of changes > to them that have to be committed to disk each time. It is possible to > use RAM memory for a virtual drive and speed I/O access up, right? Yes. This is how: > Dima Dorfman wrote: > > > > You can install a 'RAM Drive' by mounting your swap partition using MFS. > > Full details are at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook43.html#45 > > (look under MFS) What happens if your 'Ram-drive' gets full? If all of a sudden you need your memory for other things? By using MFS, the system tries to keep the information in memory, but if it fails, it has someplace to put it. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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