On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 15:52, Branko Badrljica <bran...@avtomatika.com> wrote: > Alex Alexander wrote: > >> most packages build fine with a 768M tmpfs :) >> if you plan on compiling big stuff like gcc you'll need to make it >> larger or unmount it though. >> >> > With ext4 useable, is it still practicall to fiddle with thmfs for > building ? > Ext4 can be configured so that it defers writing for significant amounts > of time, which means that it should perform closer to tmpfs performance, > without headaches, associated with it. > > Using aggressive settings might increase risk of data loss, but notebook > is by its nature battery backed and so prone to most of the issues...
you would need a separate partition for /var/tmp/portage with special settings to be safe... even then, if you can afford the ram, tmpfs is probably a better solution. disk io is one of the worst bottlenecks in today's systems... no disk io > * =] -- Alex Alexander || wired Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester http://www.linuxized.com
