From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 13 12:12:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA29326 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:12:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA29314 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:12:21 GMT (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA18260; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:12:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id OAA28297; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:11:45 -0500 Message-ID: <19980413141144.35239@right.PCS> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:11:44 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: geoffr@globalserve.net Cc: Dima Dorfman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAM Drive References: <3.0.5.32.19980412221842.00937b20@207.213.224.25> <3532615E.A9BEB61E@globalserve.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <3532615E.A9BEB61E@globalserve.net>; from Geoffrey Robinson on Apr 04, 1998 at 03:02:54PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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