LKBEN11731: How to create a ramdisk on linux?
Symptom
You need maximum IO performance.
Cause
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Solution
To create a ramdisk on linux, you can use the following command:
#create a small ramdisk of 1G
sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=1G ramdisk /mnt
Please note that all data will be lost after restarting your system!
Hope this helps.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 08.07.2024