Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:43:53 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Ladan?= <rene@freebsd.org> To: mexas@bris.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp, /var/log, /var/tmp as /dev/md - why? Message-ID: <CADL2u4g65eo=7xxAt9j8JumyWneouhM2MGpcA9kfxJaCFWg95Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201407010925.s619PHeT006679@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201407010925.s619PHeT006679@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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2014-07-01 11:25 GMT+02:00 Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk>: > Why is it a good idea to mount /tmp and some var dirs on memory disks: > > root@raspberry-pi:/usr/ports # df -m > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/mmcsd0s2a 14694 777 12742 6% / > devfs 0 0 0 100% /dev > /dev/mmcsd0s1 16 3 13 20% /boot/msdos > /dev/md0 28 4 22 16% /tmp > /dev/md1 14 0 12 0% /var/log > /dev/md2 4 0 4 0% /var/tmp > root@raspberry-pi:/usr/ports # > > Is this about speed or power, or maybe space? > > Mostly write tear because you're using an SD card, and it improves speed too. > Can I not put all these dirs on sd card? > > You could, but see above. > I'm new to arm, so maybe things are different > to other arches. > Regards, Ren=C3=A9
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