creating RAM disk is its volatility--data
creating RAM disk is its volatility--data
Is Ramsoft ram disk plus usb 3.0 flash drive worth trying? I know that RAM is faster even than SSDs. The main issue with creating RAM disk is its volatility--data is erased upon startup. If you create an associated hard disk image, then you transfer data from hard disk at startup, adding in hard disk read speed, which defeats the purpose. But could putting the image on a USB 3.0 flash drive increase the speed over hdd, thus making it worthwhile?
Last edited by zakeera on Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:52 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: creating RAM disk is its volatility--data
A USB flash drive is not faster for loading big RAM-images at boot up. USB-flash drives are only fastert han HDD for small files.
The purpose of a RAM-disk is not to make PC boot faster, so it does not "defeat the purpose". The purpose is to speed up 1st-Read of Applications once the OS is started. Whatever the bootup takes 5 minutes longer with reading a image for RAM-Disk from a HDD, still the function of the RAM-disk would be worthwhile.
I don't know what you're topic is about... usually ANY best USB3-flash drive is no more better the worst SDD.
So get a solid state disk with a proper data-connection interface (not USB3).
Edt: Also when the load of the image at boot is triggered, it does not mean that systems stops and first continues booting when that image is completely read, because that image is not neccesary for boot. It still continues booting while reading and while your desktop already is fully loaded... btw loading 11GB MMX-game-image in about 10-20 seconds longer boot from an old SSD.
The purpose of a RAM-disk is not to make PC boot faster, so it does not "defeat the purpose". The purpose is to speed up 1st-Read of Applications once the OS is started. Whatever the bootup takes 5 minutes longer with reading a image for RAM-Disk from a HDD, still the function of the RAM-disk would be worthwhile.
I don't know what you're topic is about... usually ANY best USB3-flash drive is no more better the worst SDD.
So get a solid state disk with a proper data-connection interface (not USB3).
Edt: Also when the load of the image at boot is triggered, it does not mean that systems stops and first continues booting when that image is completely read, because that image is not neccesary for boot. It still continues booting while reading and while your desktop already is fully loaded... btw loading 11GB MMX-game-image in about 10-20 seconds longer boot from an old SSD.