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Archive => 18.7 Legacy Series => Topic started by: dreamerman on December 31, 2018, 11:18:54 am

Title: Misc settings in OPNsense 18.7.9
Post by: dreamerman on December 31, 2018, 11:18:54 am

Hi, my specs are 64GB SSD, 4GB RAM and Intel Atom E3827 Dual Core @ 1.74. There are 3 settings in misc I need help with:

Swap file - Add a 2 GB swap file to the system
/var RAM disk - Use memory file system for /var
/tmp RAM disk - Use memory file system for /tmp

I am uncertain if I should enable the above. I simply do not know enough of linux-stuff to decide. Any help will be appreciated.

Title: Re: Misc settings in OPNsense 18.7.9
Post by: mimugmail on December 31, 2018, 12:32:23 pm

Putting /var in ramdisk would save disk writes and performs better, but you don't need this with a SSD.
Same to tmp .. you don't need it :)

Title: Re: Misc settings in OPNsense 18.7.9
Post by: weust on December 31, 2018, 01:01:41 pm

The memory use for those two are interesting if you run from a SD card.
Swap could be interesting if you use services that potentially take up a lot of RAM.

Title: Re: Misc settings in OPNsense 18.7.9
Post by: dreamerman on December 31, 2018, 11:53:07 pm

Thanks mimugmail and weust. I will leave these settings at default ie unticked.