Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:30:32 -0500 From: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Default mfs/md fs on /tmp (Was: adding more ram Message-ID: <20031211223032.GB58324@hal9000.halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <FF1A9F56-2C0B-11D8-9FA4-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031210235954.76718E-100000@fledge.watson.org> <FF1A9F56-2C0B-11D8-9FA4-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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Charles Swiger opined: > By the time Solaris transitioned from 2.6 to 2.7 (aka Solaris 7), > having /tmp be memory-based was the default system configuration, and I > would like to see FreeBSD pursue the same course. Seconded. I've been using mfs for /tmp since way back (3.x? 2.x?) and on 5.x (which is configured the same way, but implimented differently) in recent times and have found it to be nothing but useful and stable, speeding up numerous things while never obviously significantly impacting overall performance. One reason for this is that unlike the default all-users-may-swamp-the-vm on Solaris, I limit the size of the mfs to a "small" (relative to RAM) one. If implimented, please default to a sensible size, preferably a small fraction of RAM down to a sane minimum (1 MB). It also avoids the newbie /tmp-on-/ problem. -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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