Greetings,
I'm not sure this is the best location for this. But here goes...
I'm attempting to better use the tools available to make systems more efficient. One way seems to me, is the use of /dev/shm. However, I can't find anything in the FreeBSD man() pages related to it. The closest thing I can find, is tmpfs(). Which isn't quite the same (as I understand it). I thought, given it's name, that it might be related to sysctl() kern.IPC.shm* -- the System V Inter Process Communication mem properties. Which is another question, for another thread.
Anyway. My thoughts on these different implementations, is for using it for (web)browser caches, /tmp slices, and other things that will benefit from memory mapped space, and for easier "house keeping" of things usually stored in /tmp, or /var/tmp.
Anyone else using, or know more about /dev/shm, or the likes? Any thoughts?
Thank you for all your time, and consideration.
--Chris
I'm not sure this is the best location for this. But here goes...
I'm attempting to better use the tools available to make systems more efficient. One way seems to me, is the use of /dev/shm. However, I can't find anything in the FreeBSD man() pages related to it. The closest thing I can find, is tmpfs(). Which isn't quite the same (as I understand it). I thought, given it's name, that it might be related to sysctl() kern.IPC.shm* -- the System V Inter Process Communication mem properties. Which is another question, for another thread.
Anyway. My thoughts on these different implementations, is for using it for (web)browser caches, /tmp slices, and other things that will benefit from memory mapped space, and for easier "house keeping" of things usually stored in /tmp, or /var/tmp.
Anyone else using, or know more about /dev/shm, or the likes? Any thoughts?
Thank you for all your time, and consideration.
--Chris