[Tilesathome] Using RAM-drive for ROMA temp tables

[Milenko]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tilesathome-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:tilesathome-
> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Kai Krueger
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:39 PM
> To: tilesathome at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Tilesathome] Using RAM-drive for ROMA temp tables
> 
> On 08/12/08 18:18, Matthias Julius wrote:
> > "Milenko"<milenko at king-nerd.com>  writes:
> >
> >
> >> Is this worth trying?  I'll try it on my server if no one else wants
> to
> >> volunteer. :)  Are we sure that these tags are not needed by the
> clients?
> >> Anyone have any other tags that might not be needed?
> >>
> >
> > Unless the ROMA servers are dedicated to T at H we need to be careful
> > when filtering out tags and attributes.
> >
> Unless it causes too much trouble, I would be also in favor of keeping
> all the tags. At the moment the results returned by ROMA are fully
> compatible with the main API as far as I know and so ROMA could be used
> for more than just t at h, potentially even a limited form of editing,
> which I think is a good idea. As an example of other applications using
> ROMA, I have added roma as an alternative source to getting data for
> GpsMid, although that would cope fine with the tags you suggested to
> filter.
> 
> Kai
> > Matthias

OK - I wasn't aware that the ROMA servers were being used for other
purposes.  That's why I asked first.  If that's the case, then we should
leave the db alone.

I've been trying to speed up the response time of my server without having
to purchase additional hardware - guess maybe I'll have to look at some
additional drives.

-Jeremy