Suggestion on mounting /cache on tmpfs

I would recommend adding a bit in the Readme to mount the cache folder on to tmpfs or another ram based filesystem if possible to reduce wear on SSD’s and SD cards.

With 3 cameras keeping 10s cache each I only need about 50MB of cache, but to be safe I’ve gone with 100MB by adding this to my /etc/fstab and mapping it in my docker-compose.yml file. I know that fstab isn’t guaranteed to stay in ram compared to ramfs but ramfs can’t be limited in size which could cause other issues.

none /mnt/frigate-cache tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec,nodiratime,size=100M 0 0

[danobot]

Yes I was going to suggest the same. Here is my Docker Compose (feel free to paste into docs)

  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true
    shm_size: '1g' # should work for 5-7 cameras
    image: blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - <dir>:/config
      - <dir>:/clips
      - type: tmpfs
        target: /cache
        tmpfs:
          size: 100000000  # 1GB
    ports:
      - "5000"

[mattheys]

Looks like this had been added to the readme now so closing.