On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:58:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> I wonder how effective tmpfs is for PORTAGE_TMPDIR as the builds > >>> that need a lot of disk space can often require a fair bit of > >>> memory too, and tmpfs is using it all. > >>> > >> In this last week someone reported doing actually measurements and > >> found that using a tmpfs was actually slower. > >> > > Yes, but that was Dale and nothing works as it should for him :-O
> That one did. Someone on the forums posted the same results. It > doesn't make sense but . . . . It makes sense because the ramdisk is using memory that would otherwise be used for compilation and filesystem caches. -- Neil Bothwick NOTICE: -- THE ELEVATORS WILL BE OUT OF ORDER TODAY -- (The nearest working elevators are in the building across the street.)
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