On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:07:30 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > It makes sense because the ramdisk is using memory that would
> > otherwise be used for compilation and filesystem caches.

> I have 16Gbs here.  It's not like I'm going to run out or anything.  I 
> can put half on tmpfs and still have 8Gbs left.  That is more than 
> enough to compile even OOo with no space problems.

I wasn't thinking of systems with that much memory. Like you, I'd expect
your system to be faster, even if not by much, using tmpfs.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but
  that's not why we do it.                            Richard Feynman

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