This whole conversation reminds me of a backup issue I had with Filemaker server software (I think it was ver 3 when it first came out). The software had a "feature" we're it didn't flush out changes that it kept in ram, until the ram cache filled. So even though it was backed up nightly, it never flushed out the changes to disk so it was never really backed up. Move ahead two months and a drive failed, so I though "Oh will just restore last nights backup. Yea, funny it has none of the changes for the last two months. Call Filemaker, ah, yea you have to run a cmd to flush the memory out to disk. WTF!%!.. yea that was an interesting conversation with my CEO and there support on the phone. It was also the end of Filemaker at that job....
-----Original Message----- From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAMDisk Prevalence? But, that part was ~serious :) http://forum.teamxbox.com/archive/index.php/t-617093.html -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAMDisk Prevalence? So was Scott's response. :-) When was the last time you employed a "compressed-air-ram-freezing technique"? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAMDisk Prevalence? I'm reasonably sure that was a joke. -----Original Message----- From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RAMDisk Prevalence? > I backup to a RAM disk. It's much faster that way. At best, that's only a temporary backup. Useful if you're changing a file and need to revert to the previous version rather quickly. Otherwise, as soon as that machine goes down for any reason, your backup starts to fade rather quickly. Some of the compressed-air-ram-freezing techniques may be useful here, but unless you're nearby soon, you're out of luck. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RAMDisk Prevalence? On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > Haven't heard of the notion of using RAMdisks in AGES. Are people > still using them? I backup to a RAM disk. It's much faster that way. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
