2017_12_06-linux_memory_as_disk

Use memory as disk in Linux
2017_12_06

In Linux, it’s very easy to use part of memory as disk
to speed up IO operations.

1. make mount point
   sudo mkdir /mnt/ramdisk

2. mount
   two kinds of filesystem can be used, tmpfs and ramfs,
   tmpfs is safer.
   sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=32G tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk/

3. use rsync to copy files and show progress
   rsync -a --info=progress2 macOS/ /mnt/ramdisk/