Linux tmpfs (Was: [OpenAFS] Solaris 10u6: ZFS cache?)

Jason Edgecombe jason@rampaginggeek.com
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:39:43 -0500


Harald Barth wrote:
>> On Linux, if you're using tmpfs as the cache, what's the difference
>> between letting the memcache swap out vs a disk cache in tmpfs?
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> Does memcache swap out? I was convinced it did not.
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I don't believe that it does, but I was asking about the hypothetical
case in which it would allow swapping.

Jason