Re: Ramdisk coming for NeXT

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From: Mark T. Dornfeld
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 12:59

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In article <1992Aug10.152435.10393@svcdudes.com> moose@svcdudes.com writes:
>In article <1992Aug10.024812.15123@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com  
>(Jim De Arras) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug9.194718.15868@leland.Stanford.EDU> dmitri@physics (Dmitri  
>> Linde) writes:
>> > A couple of days ago I started working on ramdisk for NeXT. It almost
>> > works now, but before I finish it, I would like to know if anybody
>> > is actually interested in it?
>> > 
>> > 	- Dmitri Linde
>> > P.S. Please reply to dmitri@StarConn.com, not to the newsgroup. Thanx.
>> 
>> This is a joke, right?
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> (I wonder if his ramdisk code will support virtual memory?  Then you could  
>have  
>> a ram disk as big as your hard disk, if you didn't mind the swapping! ;-) )
>
>Maybe this should be a FAQ.  No, it's not a joke.  And yes it's useful.  How  
>about if instead of calling it a Ramdisk we call it a memory lockin program.   
>That means that whatever you put on the Ramdisk won't swap out.  I would love  
>to put things like cc and ccp and compiled headers on a Ramdisk to speed up my  
>compiles.

RAM-based filesystems have been around in UNIX/XENIX for quite a while.
SCO had one several years ago.  Sun also provides the ability to put the
/tmp filesystem into swap memory which would speed up applications like
Informix that use temporary tables extensively.

Not such a crazy idea.  Aren't we headed to more use of silicon as primary
storage?
-- 

Mark T. Dornfeld                              Voice: (416) 234-9048
CYANTIC Systems                               Facsimile: (416) 234-0477
101 Subway Crescent Suite 2103                Email: mark@cyantic.com

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