Re: Is there any considerations for not putting php scripts in tmpfs?

Hi, 2009/8/10 Peter Wang <ptr.wang@gmail.com>: > Hi internals, > sorry if it is a wrong lists for this question. Indeed, this should be asked on php-general. > I have read many articles/messages about using tmpfs store temp files, > > for example, php session data, smarty compied templates and so on. > > An obvious reason for that is: it doesn't matter about data loss caused by > machine restart/poweroff. > > since it is not that difficult to restore files on a tmpfs from a disk-based > dir when machine boot up. > > so may i put all my php scripts on a tmpfs to speed it up?  would that cause > other issues? Don't do this, Linux/Unix already cache files in memory (-> grep ^Cached /proc/meminfo). If you want to speed up your PHP app, consider APC. > thanks for your advices. -- Patrick Allaert --- http://code.google.com/p/peclapm/ - Alternative PHP Monitor