putting "/tmp" to memory

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:47 AM, kellyremo <kellyremo at zoho.com> wrote:
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
> put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
> "/etc/fstab"?
>
> I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
>
> Advantages:
> - Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things up
> - "SSD amortization" is less
>
> Disadvantages:
> - Security? [ how to set this up to be secure? any clear howtos/links
> regarding it? :O ]
>
> Really thank you for any good help...
>

I see you posted this on the CentOS list as well, and this is a petty
basic question, like maybe a student who was too lazy to do their own
research might ask....

Stick to on-topic questions when you post to online email discussion
groups.  This question has nothing to do with Ubuntu, per se.

Geez, another S. Mathias....