Re: Relative performance of swap-backed MFS vs. regular UFS?

From: Igor Pokrovsky (ip_at_doom.homeunix.org)
Date: 10/23/04

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    Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:24:20 +0400
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    On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:12:46PM -0500, Ryan Sommers wrote:
    > >
    > >You can also use md(4). In my case I use it for /tmp.
    > >
    > MFS is the same thing as md(4). mfs = Memory File System, md = Memory
    > Disk. Difference is only in the name.

    I thought mfs is allocated from virtual memory, while md - directly from RAM.
    Am I wrong?

    -ip 

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