Re: i-ram vs. tmpfs (was: Re: Mail clustering)

["Joel Merrick" <joel@joelmerrick.com>]

On 4/5/07, Christopher Davis <chris@lifewithchris.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking this product woudl rock in terms of linux
> firewalls/routers.......memory with a battery backup - another
> requirement to up the availability of open source solutions....no hard
> drive and no PXE boot server in a back closet for these devices and
> frees up memory a small amount of memory...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure a routing or NAT table doesn't take up that much space and lives in RAM anyway
 
Also, you can use Compact Flash and an adapter to load the OS.