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