Re: Can PEAR stay in memory ?
| From: | Mike Carter | Date: | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:46:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Can PEAR stay in memory ? | ||
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Quoting Henrik Karlsson <z95kahe@mtek.chalmers.se>:
>
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Mike Carter wrote:
>
> > sure about that! A good option would be to create a virtual ram disk
> > (if under Linux) and copy your pear classes to this virtual RAM disk.
> > Then add the new ram disk to your PHP include path. Should load a lot
> > quicker now :)
>
> Why do this when most modern operating systems already cache disk access?
The HDD cache may get filled with other data being accessed, such as MySQL table
data files, XML files etc. At least having a virtual RAM drive *guarantees*
they will always be in memory and available.
Of course, it also depends on how big you make your HDD cache i guess. Note that
i've not actually done any of this for PHP, last time i did it was on my Amiga
using the RAM: device for instant scratch storage.
Regards,
Mike.
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