On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 10:15:22PM +0100, RW wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:28:09 +0200 (CEST) > Oliver Fromme <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Randi Harper wrote: > > > / = 1GB > > > /var = 2GB > > > /tmp = 2GB > > > > Depending on the size of installed RAM, /tmp could also > > be a memory disk by default. > > I don't see why it should depend on the amount of RAM, since it would > normally be swap-backed.
It should depend on the amount of RAM because putting /tmp in memory takes away from the RAM available to the rest of the system. If your system typically runs processes that consume a lot of RAM (like Firefox, ha ha), your system could bog down a lot during typical use if you use a RAM disk for /tmp without considering how much RAM you have and need to use. By default, I think, /tmp should be on the hard drive -- perhaps with an option when partitioning to set it up to use RAM instead of physical storage. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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