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From: Steve Dierker on 16 Jun 2010 07:00
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> Alternatively, you could mount /var/log as tmpfs, so it writes to RAM
> instead of to disk.
>
> -Rob
>
>

I would suggest to mount /var/log as tmpfs and backup it per cronjob to
your harddrive every hour.
So you are minimizing the write access to your harddrive but have the
advantage of logs.

...steve
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From: Tzafrir Cohen on 17 Jun 2010 01:40
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:17:40PM +0200, Steve Dierker wrote:
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> > Alternatively, you could mount /var/log as tmpfs, so it writes to RAM
> > instead of to disk.
>
> I would suggest to mount /var/log as tmpfs and backup it per cronjob to
> your harddrive every hour.
> So you are minimizing the write access to your harddrive but have the
> advantage of logs.

BTW: anybody interested in http://packages.debian.org/flashybrid ?

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