Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?

From: jb <jb.1234abcd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:16:57 +0000 (UTC)
O. Hartmann <ohartman <at> zedat.fu-berlin.de> writes:

> 
> Am 03/29/12 18:14, schrieb David Wolfskill:
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 04:18:06PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> >> I was wondering if there are some objections using TMPFS for /tmp and
> >> /var/run.
> >> ...
> ... 
> Linux is using TMPFS filesystems a lot for these purposes. How do they
> overcome restrictions of the size or not flloding RAM and/or swap?
> ...

Read it before you make up your mind (there are real issues to consider):

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/var-run-tmpfs

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/var-run-tmpfs

jb
Received on Fri Mar 30 2012 - 13:17:13 UTC

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