Flash ram for VM files?

andersanders
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Here is the idea: I use a PCICIA flash ram card for the VM files in X. The speed goes up, battery down and silenced hard disk. Anything wrong?

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    x704x704 Posts: 276member
    Seems like a really good idea (assuming it doesn't run out of space).
  • Reply 2 of 7
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Wouldn't it be better just to turn off swaping? There must be a way to do that. I'm not into "tricking" computers into doing what you want them to do.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.:

    <strong>Wouldn't it be better just to turn off swaping? There must be a way to do that. I'm not into "tricking" computers into doing what you want them to do.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That would be much better but I can´t find a way to do it. I considered making a ram disk and make that the "VM HD" but can´t do that either.
  • Reply 4 of 7
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Tried that trick a while ago too... I don't think using a flash card works. I tried it and I believe that VM needs to have it's swap file on a SCSI or IDE drive. Now you might be able to get one of those SDRAM drives that plug into a Ultra SCSI connector.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    Flash has no seek time, but the throughput is pretty low; I'm not sure if it would be a benefit or not to use it for swap. Flash also wears out over time.



    It's probably cheaper to buy more RAM.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    brian j.brian j. Posts: 139member
    Swap space is used when real memory runs out. Why not buy more SDRAM instead?
  • Reply 7 of 7
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
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