Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:36:38 -1000 From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default mfs/md fs on /tmp (Was: adding more ram Message-ID: <20031212103638.B3647@tikitechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <20031212200046.0E6A016A4D8@hub.freebsd.org>; 12:00:46PM -0800 References: <20031212200046.0E6A016A4D8@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 12:00:46PM -0800, freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org wrote:
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:30:32 -0500
> From: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>
>
> 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.
I agree with the idea.
The late lamented BSD/OS also did this on the default install, from
version 1.1 or thereabouts, and it worked very well for typical use. I
think it would work well for the typical new FreeBSD user.
-- Clifton
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Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com
Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect
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