How to Run WordPress completely from RAM
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How to Run WordPress completely from RAM
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Re: How to Run WordPress completely from RAM
#2Alternatively, copy everything to /dev/shm before launch, call it a day. Now everything is loaded from RAM. Updates involve copying from source directory to /dev/shm then restart.
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#5I assume that modern filesystem caching to RAM is incredibly sophisticated, but wouldn't a typical website already be fully served from RAM? If you only have a few megabytes of code + assets, won't the OS see this is hot data, not being updated, so it is no longer being read from disk sometime after the initial read?
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#6It would have been nice to provide performance comparison between the stock installation and running from RAM.
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And pagespeed score reflects that. It does not matter if it’s in ram, most of the pages/load will be on the CDN and caching anyways.
Servers put the most requested into RAM also.
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#10Mandatory reminder - don't use WordPress in 2025.
Use headless CMS plus static site generator. e.g. Strapi plus Astro