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From: Peter Chant on 1 Oct 2009 13:59
Aaron W. Hsu wrote:


> /tmp is a trashcan. Any program that stores data there that it expects to
> reside on the system across multiple reboots or even multiple days is
> quite quite flawed. Many UNIX-like Operating Systems that I have used
> clear out /tmp and possibly /var/tmp on every boot. Programs can expect to
> have the files available while they are running, but after that, not much
> is guaranteed.
>
Indeed, I set it up as a ram partition on my netbook so it is both quick and
does not wear the SSD. Nothing in there will survive a reboot.

Pete

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From: Res on 4 Oct 2009 19:44
On Mon, 4 Oct 2009, goarilla wrote:

>
> i love XFS it's fast, reliable (more reliable than ext3 in my experience)

make sure you have generators that work and decent UPS's for when the
power fails and teh generators fail to auto start if you have valuable
info on XFS :)


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