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From: "Eugene Radchenko" <eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: MFS - Why?
Date: 28 May 1996 15:30:36 +0400
Organization: Lab. of Org.Synth., MSU
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Hi!
I could not figure this out myself. What is the point of using MFS
(especially for the temporary files) if the system has disk caching
(especially merged VM/disk cache like FreeBSD)?
In fact, SGI FAQ spanks the idea of RAM disk under Unix as a PC-ism and
claims that kernel does a much better job of figuring what to keep where if
you just copy something to normal filesystem.
Could you knowledgeable folks shed some light on this?
Thanks Genie
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Eugene V. Radchenko Research associate, Computer Chemistry
E-mail: eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su Fax: +7-(095)939-0290
Ordinary mail: Chair of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry,
Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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