On 7/27/06, Mike Kercher <mike at vesol.com> wrote: > Has anyone ever mounted their /var/lib/mysql on a tmpfs or ramfs? Are > there any performance gains to be made doing this? Not really, the database runs in ram as much as possible anyway. You can tweak the filesystem it writes to and reads from, but for the most part, it's already in memory. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell