From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ariessys.com (ns.ariessys.com [198.115.92.2]) by kvack.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA23526 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:38:47 -0400 Received: from [198.115.92.60] (lightning.ariessys.com [198.115.92.60]) by ariessys.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19366 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:38:37 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:38:39 -0400 From: "James E. King, III" Subject: 1GB ramdisk Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Thanks for all the help. I don't really need the 4GB memory for application space... What I want to do is take the index files of the database and put them into a ramdisk. It appears that this is possible, albeit with some patches. I think this will substantially increate the performance of my database system. Someone suggested using alpha which would solve all of my problems. True, but where can I find a quad processor 500MHz alpha box for around $25,000? Let me know. Last time I checked, the list price on an AlphaServer 4100 configured this way was over $100,000. It would be really, really helpful if someone created a ramdisk-HOWTO with information on how one can create a ramdisk of 1GB or 2GB size. :> _/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ James E. King, III _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Aries Systems Corporation _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ 200 Sutton Street _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ North Andover, MA. 01845 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ (978) 975-7570 (978) 975-3811 FAX Enhancing the Power of Knowledge(r) jking@ariessys.com -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm my@address' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://humbolt.geo.uu.nl/Linux-MM/