>> I might also add, I see no speed improvements in putting portages work >> directory on tmpfs. I have tested this a few times and the difference >> in compile times is just not there. > > Probably because with 16GB everything stays cached anyway.
Would it still be useful to use tmpfs if you wanted to keep drive writes down on an SSD? I imagine even tho its cached it would get written to disk after a timer expires, so while it doesn't affect performance it does reduce the drive life.
