Run PR on your RAM
Posted: 2012-03-07 21:28
Guide * Windows 7 Ultimate Tweaks & Utilities *Installing RAM Disk
Information:
RAMDisk is a program that takes a portion of your system memory and uses it as a disk drive. What is the benefit? In a word: SPEED! An additional feature of a RAMDisk is that it will never wear out. You can access it at maximum bandwidth 24/7/365 without fear of mechanical failure, or fragmentation (a RAMDisk can become fragmented just like any other disk, but it does not take a performance hit like a physical disk does when it becomes fragmented). A RAMDisk operating at maximum bandwidth does not produce excessive heat, noise or vibrations.
Most users use RAMDisk to speed up applications like:
- Databases
- Internet Explorer and Firefox cache for faster web surfing
- Audio and Video editing
- CAD programs
- Photoshop Scratch Disk
- Speeding up CD duplication
- Games
- SETI processing
- TEMP files
- Swap space
- Web server cache
- Custom applications with high I/O, high bandwidth, or high security requirements
