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From: ballen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bruce Allen)
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Subject: Re: RAM-DISK or SMART-CACHE for SPARCII running UNIX
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Date: 24 Mar 91 12:32:00 GMT
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The latest version of the SunOS is 4.1.1 which includes a memory-based
filesystem called tmpfs.  This can be used to replace the /tmp filesystem
with a ram-based filesystem.  I have never used this myself, only read the
documentation, but it is intended to speed up things like compiles, which
read and write many temporary files.  While I can't guarantee that it
would work in your application, it is documented in the OS manuals, and
easy to try.

Good luck,
		Bruce Allen