# Limit database writes

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/limit-database-writes/13702
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/limit-database-writes/13702 "2019-08-30T13:55:13Z")
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### Author: ![Guz](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@Guz](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/Guz)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/limit-database-writes/13702/5 "2019-09-03T14:18:15Z")

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You may setup a tiny tmpfs to hold the log file in question.

The only drawback I see is that the logfile will be lost after a reboot or after a re-mount. Choose carfully what files you can accept to loose. Ephemeral data.

I do it a lot for different files which lack interest after having ‘aged’. Especially on a RPi, but also on other computers using SSD storage.

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