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by lopkeny12ko 497 days ago
> the container was spraying files all over the disk

Right, that's basically the point...the Warrior downloads files, compresses them, and uploads them for archival. This necessarily requires staging the files somewhere between download and upload.

> Anyone know any broad-spectrum docker incantations to force all overlay writes to RAM, for a container?

Why would you want this? This sounds like a terrible footgun.

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The Warrior doesn't resume old jobs after a power cycle, so what's the point of committing anything at all to non-volatile storage?
They say exactly why they want it... "I wanted to reduce write-wear on my ssd"