[Mimedefang] Looking for more ramdisk benefits

[Kevin A. McGrail]

> Bayes db lookups hit the disk on every message. I'm thinking about
> moving bayes_path entirely to a tmpfs. Of course there must be
> a mechanism to save the precious bayes data across reboots - maybe
> with one or two snapshot backups per day to persistant storage.
>
> Has anyone done this before?

I've always wondered if the kernel disk caching method (linux) is efficient
enough to bypass the need to use a ram disk for a static (esque) file such
as this?

Any comments?

KAM