From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261660AbVGUG0u (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:26:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261661AbVGUG0u (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:26:50 -0400 Received: from 167.imtp.Ilyichevsk.Odessa.UA ([195.66.192.167]:51368 "HELO port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261660AbVGUG0t (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:26:49 -0400 From: Denis Vlasenko To: Bastiaan Naber , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: a 15 GB file on tmpfs Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:25:46 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200507201416.36155.naber@inl.nl> In-Reply-To: <200507201416.36155.naber@inl.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507210925.46283.vda@ilport.com.ua> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 20 July 2005 15:16, Bastiaan Naber wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure if I can ask this here but I could not find any other place > where I could fine anyone with this knowledge. > > I have a 15 GB file which I want to place in memory via tmpfs. I want to do > this because I need to have this data accessible with a very low seek time. > > I want to know if this is possible before spending 10,000 euros on a machine > that has 16 GB of memory. Make large swap file and test it yourself. Not a problem. -- vda