Re: Using Network Block Device on Linux to build HUGE/cheap memory-base MySQL boxes.

2006-02-20 Thread Simon Garner
On 19/02/2006 10:57 p.m., Kevin Burton wrote: I was talking to a friend tonight about how they use NBD to run a single system image in memory. NBD (Network Block Device) allows one Linux box to export a block device and for you to mount it on another filesystem. For the memory component the

Using Network Block Device on Linux to build HUGE/cheap memory-base MySQL boxes.

2006-02-19 Thread Kevin Burton
I was talking to a friend tonight about how they use NBD to run a single system image in memory. NBD (Network Block Device) allows one Linux box to export a block device and for you to mount it on another filesystem. For the memory component they just use a ram disk. More info here: ht