Cache in Memory

The tmpfs filesystem was used to carve a 4Gbytes filesystem out of memory. This tmpfs filesystem, which keeps all files in virtual memory, was used for caching purposes.

$ mkdir -p /proxycache
$ mount -F tmpfs -o size=5120m swap /proxycache

This creates a 5Gbytes filesystem in main memory. Although only 4Gbytes are actively used by the proxy server, a 5Gbytes filesystem provides some spare room.