It was the default for every production binary. I read the c++ implementation, not really that crazy. It was for latency, and in some cases (with other measures) to keep the binary running if the disk failed.
The alternative (which I’ve also done), is to put the binary in tmpfs, after making sure it’s not bloated.
The alternative (which I’ve also done), is to put the binary in tmpfs, after making sure it’s not bloated.