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Question prefered way to move /var/lib/php/sessions to tmpfs

Brujo

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Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS‬
Plesk Onyx Version 17.5.3 Update #43

since the Server has inough ram, what would be the prefered way to move /var/lib/php/sessions to tmpfs under Ubuntu?
 
Well, you'll improve performance just due to RAM being faster then disk.

You'll want to create the RAM disk first;

# mkdir /tmp/ramd
# chmod 777 /tmp/ramd
# mount -t tmpfs -o size=512M tmpfs /tmp/ramd/

(be sure to add it to fstab as well)

Then modify your PHP.ini;

session.save_path="/tmp/ramd"
 
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@Émerson Felinto
Getting from Provider new Hardware Servers to be tested bevor replace existing root Servers and nowadays they come with 64Gig Ram & SSD drive, therefor I like to use on on side the RAM as best for performance and reduce writing to SSD.
 
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@Mark Muyskens
under ubuntu /tmp it is already foreseen to be moved to tmpfs "systemctl enable tmp.mount"

so your idea is to change the session.save_php path settings per php Version/handler - any expirince what happens when Plesk update/upgrade the Versions?
 
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