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Subject: Re: 6.3+tmpfs
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Alexandre Biancalana wrote:
> On 7/29/08, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Alexandre Biancalana wrote:
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>>  Is tmpfs stable on FreeBSD 6.3 ? I want to use it for temporary
>>> clamav+ripmime files to speedup a mail filter server.
>>>
>>  It's not stable on 7.0 or 8.0 either, so no :)
> 
> Any viable alternative?

Of course :)

> mdconfig -t malloc maybe ?

-t swap is faster and has fewer downsides.

Kris