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Subject: Re: Is /dev/shm needed?
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On Sunday 16 December 2001 17:30, Robert Love wrote:
> In other words, if you have memory to spare and the data ought to be
> cached, Linux probably will cache it anyhow.  On the other hand, if you
> have lots of memory to spare, give it a try.  Mount /tmp or all of /var
> in tmpfs.

Unfortunately, some(many?) distros are b0rken in re /var/. There is stuff put 
there that is needed across boots (for example, mandrake puts the DNS master 
files in /var/named.)

>
> It is dynamic, so you don't need to specify a size.  If you want to give
> a maximum size (probably a good idea), give one.  Depends on what your
> tmp usages are and how much free memory you have.
>
> 	Robert Love

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