Re: Is /dev/shm needed?

J Sloan
2001-12-16T23:26:38Z

Adam Schrotenboer wrote:

> On Sunday 16 December 2001 17:30, Robert Love wrote:
> > In other words, if you have memory to spare and the data ought to be
> > cached, Linux probably will cache it anyhow. On the other hand, if you
> > have lots of memory to spare, give it a try. Mount /tmp or all of /var
> > in tmpfs.
>
> Unfortunately, some(many?) distros are b0rken in re /var/. There is stuff put
> there that is needed across boots (for example, mandrake puts the DNS master
> files in /var/named.)

It's not just mandrake, it's all linux and in
fact that's where the named data wants to
live -

Not only dns info, but things like mail spool,
system logs, cron files -

And it's not just linux, it's pretty much a unix
thing in general -

Are you really sure you want to blow away
everyone's mail, all your dns records, cron
jobs etc if the system powers down?

cu

jjs