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Author Re: RAM Disk
pblais@odstrategies.org

2006-09-12, 6:55 pm

They have limits.

Using Clarion IMDD is the easiest way. It defines the table as being
memory resident. You eliminate all the hack code required for RAM
Drives. Make as many as you want up to 4 GB of RAM.

RAM drives are an old DOS hold over that won't go away. They once
served a purpose but not any more. They serve no real purpose any
more. write better code and you may find the speed improves more than
you think.

Even a modern disk cache will do a whole lot when you do nothing at
all. I would seriously measure any perceived benefits before adding a
layer of crap on top of your code.

On 12 Sep 2006 07:43:20 -0400, "Ravage" <ravage@bluewin.ch> wrote:

>He said he never got one really to work (what ever this means).

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Paul Blais - Hayes, Virginia
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