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Note

Any files written to RAM disk will not survive a reboot.  After the server reboots the RAM disk will be empty.

Please review this Wikipedia article that addresses tmpfs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs

Warning

This is an advanced configuration technique for large scale deployments with experienced sysadmin.  The benefits for small scale deployments would be negligible.

Procedure

Step #1 - Determine Space Required

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Info

The NMIS Self Test settings may need to be adjusted if the nmis8/var directory is running at a high rate of usage.  Look for the following attributes in nmis8/conf/Config.nmis:

  • 'selftest_min_diskfree_percent' => 10
  • 'selftest_min_diskfree_mb' => 25

 

Step #2 - Create the RAM disk

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