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On Sunday 22 July 2001 16:32, Adrian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a fool question but I need some help:
>
> How build a ramdisk in LM 8? I going to
> copying a database to it in oder to test access
> speed (some people has told me that running
> in ramdrives are fast). If you think that
> this is not the right place to answer it, please send
> a private e-mail, with examples (scripts) if possible.
Surely, I won't be the only one to say this, but here goes:
1. Trust linux. It does a good job of caching data.
2. The more RAM that you use for a RAM disk, the less RAM that
the PC will have for "regular" use, and so the more likely
that it will have to use the swap files.
Therefore, bottom line: any parts of your database that you use
will be brought into the OS's RAM cache, and RAM in a cache or
RAM in a RAM disk is still RAM, so no need for RAM disk.
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