It depends entirely on the amount of RAM, the speed of the machine, and how many servers you're trying to run on that machine. Windows Vcache is very inefficient with large amounts of RAM due to the extensive table look-ups. MS, in fact, recommends against any system configuration that results in Vcache sizes larger than a few hundred meg. So on machines with, say, 512M+ RAM running only a single server, a ramdisk may be worthwhile.
For a free ramdisk that will work up to 2GB, do a Google search for "Franck Uberto ramdisk" and click "I feel lucky". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Brandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:06 AM Subject: RE: [hlds] better performance with RAM-Disk? > Doubtful. Disc access time doesn't give much performace penalty. Plus a > systemcrash with ramdisks can be a total mess to sort out. The ram is much > better used as just RAM. If you want to experiment though, get a huge amount > of ram and try running windows from a ramdisk. That would give better > performance since everything is in memory. It's probably not possible on the > other hand. =) > > // Daniel > > That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; > the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the abcense > of grace. - Willam Gibson > > -----Original Message----- > From: redmao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: den 19 oktober 2001 11:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlds] better performance with RAM-Disk? > > > hi admins! > i want to set up a lan-hlds, and have a question: will the performance grow > up (e.g. during mapchanges), when i put the hlserver-dir into a ramdisk? do > you know a good one, especially freeware? > thx > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
