I would buy it IF
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:09 pm
Hello!
First: Thanks for Reading and sorry for my poor English
I testing the "Primo Ramdisk Ultimate Edition" (i use 64GB of ram and need 32GB+ drives thats why Ultimate) for about 10 Days now and it has some good features and the performance is pretty good to equal and sometimes superior, compared to other RAMdisk solutions, so this is not a problem. But i don't think i gonna buy it yet even if its just ~70$ for 2 PCs (would be perfect in my case) cause i miss some features (i would say imported features) that should be a "must have" for a RAMdisk software. And here they are:
- Config in the image: Every single time i create a RAMdisk from the VDF image i need to change some settings from the default to my config. In an example case that are the following: Drive Type, Drive Letter and Dynamic memory management. Why isn't it possible to save the settings in the image file? If i create the Ramdisk from an image, of course i want the same settings, if i would like to change it can use your "View/Edit the disk settings" button.
- Quick Mount: the image files are *.vdf, why isn't it possible to link it to the Primo Software? Like: Double click the VDF and its mounted. (i mean, of course thats not possible cause theres no settings info in the VDF)
- Quick *.VDD Mount: Its not even possible to quick load the Disk Descriptor file. I just create a Disk and saved it as a Disk Descriptor File (218 bytes). I cant open it through Windows but i can within the Primo Software. But that opens the wizzard and it Asks me through all pages, lucky i just have to click next -> next -> next -> next -> next -> Finish! But anyway, Why? I wouldn't save the Drive as a VDD if i wouldn't like the settings. If i would like to change it -> Edit! If its not possible to get the Settings into the Image file i would be nice to load an image (VDF) with the infos from a VDD.
- Timing Save + Smart Image: Most of the time i use the Smart Image which is really nice by itself but why i cant use the Timing Save? In the software itself its just two clicks to update the Image file and thats almost instant. I don't understand why i cant use this nice feature with another one (smart image).
- Command Line Support: It would be nice if i could mount an image through the Command Line, in that case i wouldn't even need the Settings info in the image cause i could freely set it up in the Command itself. Perfect!
Quick Save / Save Disk works and i didn't have any problem with it except for one issue: All my drives are encrypted and the image files lying on a drive which have to be mounted after a reboot. Now: If i check the settings it says "When to save: Save at shutdown". But that obvious don't mean "at windows shutdown" cause it don't save anything at all, instead it creates a empty disk after a reboot (cause the image file isn't available) Would be nice if the software save the image file at windows shutdown and DON'T create a drive after reboot unless i change the setting (which don't exist).
Ok thats all i have to say about it, on the other hand its a good piece of software which works but have to give more options like "don't start the wizzard" a Image Load Button for example or even better: a File Format Association for .VDDs and .VDFs and of course the ability to save the config into the image itself. Its no big deal to load an image and change the settings each time but it feels like "it could be better".
Allright, thanks for reading and have a nice day!
First: Thanks for Reading and sorry for my poor English
I testing the "Primo Ramdisk Ultimate Edition" (i use 64GB of ram and need 32GB+ drives thats why Ultimate) for about 10 Days now and it has some good features and the performance is pretty good to equal and sometimes superior, compared to other RAMdisk solutions, so this is not a problem. But i don't think i gonna buy it yet even if its just ~70$ for 2 PCs (would be perfect in my case) cause i miss some features (i would say imported features) that should be a "must have" for a RAMdisk software. And here they are:
- Config in the image: Every single time i create a RAMdisk from the VDF image i need to change some settings from the default to my config. In an example case that are the following: Drive Type, Drive Letter and Dynamic memory management. Why isn't it possible to save the settings in the image file? If i create the Ramdisk from an image, of course i want the same settings, if i would like to change it can use your "View/Edit the disk settings" button.
- Quick Mount: the image files are *.vdf, why isn't it possible to link it to the Primo Software? Like: Double click the VDF and its mounted. (i mean, of course thats not possible cause theres no settings info in the VDF)
- Quick *.VDD Mount: Its not even possible to quick load the Disk Descriptor file. I just create a Disk and saved it as a Disk Descriptor File (218 bytes). I cant open it through Windows but i can within the Primo Software. But that opens the wizzard and it Asks me through all pages, lucky i just have to click next -> next -> next -> next -> next -> Finish! But anyway, Why? I wouldn't save the Drive as a VDD if i wouldn't like the settings. If i would like to change it -> Edit! If its not possible to get the Settings into the Image file i would be nice to load an image (VDF) with the infos from a VDD.
- Timing Save + Smart Image: Most of the time i use the Smart Image which is really nice by itself but why i cant use the Timing Save? In the software itself its just two clicks to update the Image file and thats almost instant. I don't understand why i cant use this nice feature with another one (smart image).
- Command Line Support: It would be nice if i could mount an image through the Command Line, in that case i wouldn't even need the Settings info in the image cause i could freely set it up in the Command itself. Perfect!
Quick Save / Save Disk works and i didn't have any problem with it except for one issue: All my drives are encrypted and the image files lying on a drive which have to be mounted after a reboot. Now: If i check the settings it says "When to save: Save at shutdown". But that obvious don't mean "at windows shutdown" cause it don't save anything at all, instead it creates a empty disk after a reboot (cause the image file isn't available) Would be nice if the software save the image file at windows shutdown and DON'T create a drive after reboot unless i change the setting (which don't exist).
Ok thats all i have to say about it, on the other hand its a good piece of software which works but have to give more options like "don't start the wizzard" a Image Load Button for example or even better: a File Format Association for .VDDs and .VDFs and of course the ability to save the config into the image itself. Its no big deal to load an image and change the settings each time but it feels like "it could be better".
Allright, thanks for reading and have a nice day!
The new CLI really works great. Now i can load and remove my images with one click. And if i need a 40GB Temp RamDrive as mentioned above -> one click and its done! I still playing around with all the commands you put in, very nice. Luckily you didn't forget the most important "-s" (silent) trigger