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Temporary files: RAM or disk?Temporary files: RAM or disk?Posted Jun 1, 2012 23:46 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)In reply to: Temporary files: RAM or disk? by wahern Parent article: Temporary files: RAM or disk?
it depends on if you allow overcommit.
If you disable overcommit and swap you run into fun where a large program that wants to execute a small one temporarily takes up twice it's large footprint as it forks to execute the small program.
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