The idea for RAMdisks predates virtual memory systems in PCs... thus the
notion of "upper memory" (some piece of additional memory not normally
addressable by the OS). I'm inclined to not interfere with the system's
management of its total memory space. Let RAMdisks die a normal
technological death.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/15/2013 10:04 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 11/15/2013 5:46 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>>> With gobs of memory, one may set up an RAMdisk, which will be faster than
>>> an SSD.
>> I thought that a RAMdisk is accessed by paging through upper memory?
>
> That distinction no longer exists. Yes, a section of memory is set aside,
> just as other apps do for their operation, and
> used by the app to allow it to emulate a HD.
>
> Virtual Moose
>
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