On 21-Jan-14 18:14, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:03:08 +0100, Jarry wrote:
I would like to use tmpfs for all the package-compilation
to spare my SSD from too many writing-cycles, but I can not
guess how much do I need. I'm rather limited with RAM,
if I use more than 512MB for /var/tmp/portage, my server
lowers buffers/cache to nearly zero and starts swapping...
Then don't use more than 512MB, I certainly wouldn't use less for the
packages you mention.
OMG, I was really over-optimistic! Even 2 GB tmpfs for
/var/tmp/portage was not enough to re-compile gcc-4.7.3!
This is really no way for me. I think I will get some small
SLC-based SSD instead...
Jarry
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