putting "/tmp" to memory
 

2011/1/23 kellyremo <kellyremo@zoho.com>:
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
> put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
> "/etc/fstab"?

Just add (if it's not already there):

tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0

to your /etc/fstab

> I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
>
> Advantages:
> - Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things up
> - "SSD amortization" is less
>
> Disadvantages:
> - Security? [ how to set this up to be secure? any clear howtos/links
> regarding it? :O ]

Only disadvantage I know: it eats memory. Watch out if your friends
send you GB of .doc files and you open them from firefox/bird.

Hope this helps,

Loïc

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On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 05:47 -0800, kellyremo wrote:
> Disadvantages:

If you burn DVDs, you need to be able to set the software to use
somewhere other than /tmp to create its temporary files. Else, you're
going to need at least 5 gigs of spare RAM for your tmpfs /tmp, to hold
an entire DVD ISO.

There's probably some other applications which make big temp files, too,
but that's the one that springs to mind.

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 02:24:59 +1030,
Tim <ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 05:47 -0800, kellyremo wrote:
> > Disadvantages:
>
> If you burn DVDs, you need to be able to set the software to use
> somewhere other than /tmp to create its temporary files. Else, you're
> going to need at least 5 gigs of spare RAM for your tmpfs /tmp, to hold
> an entire DVD ISO.
>
> There's probably some other applications which make big temp files, too,
> but that's the one that springs to mind.

tmpfs can use swap space when needed, so you could set up say a 10 GB swap
partition to allow you to handle cases where you need a lot of temp space.
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:47 AM, kellyremo <kellyremo@zoho.com> wrote:
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
> put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
> "/etc/fstab"?
>
> I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
>
> Advantages:
> - Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things up
> - "SSD amortization" is less
>
> Disadvantages:
> - Security? [ how to set this up to be secure? any clear howtos/links
> regarding it? :O ]
>
> Really thank you for any good help...
>

Can you tell us why you cross posted this to the Ubuntu mailing list?
Are you just fishing for answers for your homework, like S. Mathis?
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:47 AM, kellyremo <kellyremo@zoho.com> wrote:
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
> put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
> "/etc/fstab"?
>
> I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
>
> Advantages:
> - Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things up
> - "SSD amortization" is less
>
> Disadvantages:
> - Security? [ how to set this up to be secure? any clear howtos/links
> regarding it? :O ]
>
> Really thank you for any good help...
>

I see you posted this on the CentOS list as well, and this is a petty
basic question, like maybe a student who was too lazy to do their own
research might ask....

Stick to on-topic questions when you post to online email discussion
groups. This question has nothing to do with Ubuntu, per se.

Geez, another S. Mathias....

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On 24/01/11 05:23, Mark wrote:
>
> Can you tell us why you cross posted this to the Ubuntu mailing list?
> Are you just fishing for answers for your homework, like S. Mathis?
I was just about to comment on the similarity of this post to S.Mathias'
posts but it appears I've been beaten to the punch.

I was so convinced it was indeed S.Mathias that was posting under an
alias (the jury is still out), but checking the headers was not conclusive!

Cheers,
Ak.

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On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Mark <mhullrich@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Can you tell us why you cross posted this to the Ubuntu mailing list?
> Are you just fishing for answers for your homework, like S. Mathis?
> _______________________________________________


Probably cause different people are on different lists and will have
different view points / experience to share?


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On 01/23/11 12:55 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Mark<mhullrich@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can you tell us why you cross posted this to the Ubuntu mailing list?
>> Are you just fishing for answers for your homework, like S. Mathis?
>> _______________________________________________
>
> Probably cause different people are on different lists and will have
> different view points / experience to share?


I know if I started asking Volvo questions on a motorcycle list, I'd
find myself quickly banned.


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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:56 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 01/23/11 12:55 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Mark<mhullrich@gmail.com> *wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you tell us why you cross posted this to the Ubuntu mailing list?
>>> Are you just fishing for answers for your homework, like S. Mathis?
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Probably cause different people are on different lists and will have
>> different view points / experience to share?
>
>
> I know if I started asking Volvo questions on a motorcycle list, I'd
> find myself quickly banned.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>

Unless Volvo makes motorcycles.......

He's question is pretty much related to Linux, not CentOS alone. It's
a different thing it he wanted to move the /tmp folder on his MAC


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On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 01/23/11 12:55 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Mark<mhullrich@gmail.com> *wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you tell us why you cross posted this to the Ubuntu mailing list?
>>> Are you just fishing for answers for your homework, like S. Mathis?
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Probably cause different people are on different lists and will have
>> different view points / experience to share?
>
> I know if I started asking Volvo questions on a motorcycle list, I'd
> find myself quickly banned.
>

How about here?

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