On 2014-08-04 10:11, Peter Waller wrote: > On 4 August 2014 15:02, Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I really disagree with the statement that adding more storage is >> difficult or expensive, all you need to do is plug in a 2G USB flash >> drive, or allocate a ramdisk, and add the device to the filesystem only >> long enough to do a full balance. > > What if the machine is a server in a datacenter you don't have > physical access to and the problem is an emergency preventing your > users from being able to get work done? > > What happens if you use a RAM disk and there is a power failure? > I'm not saying that either option is a perfect solution. In fact, the only reason that I even mentioned the ramdisk is because I have had good success with that on my laptop, but then laptops essentially have a built-in UPS. I personally wouldn't use a ramdisk except as a last resort if you don't have some sort of UPS or redundancy in the PSU.
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