On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:52:54AM -0600, Michael Burns wrote: > ON Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:54:25PM -0600, Jay Kline wrote: > > Hmm.. assuming the sever "never crashes" (heh) wouldnt performance > > be much better using a ramdisk for the spools? I know this breaks > > the SMTP protocol (which actuly says messages must be written to > > disk).. but would this work? > > A RAM-disk approach should work, but it may or may not be significantly > faster than conventional disks. It's certainly unorthodox. Don't be silly. You should be able to tune the OS's disk caching enough that it's as fast as a RAM disk and not as dangerous. "Imagine running this on a ramdisk" is just like saying, "imagine a beowulf of these." Nate