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From: Adam Megacz <adam@megacz.com>
Subject: Re: anybody using the gc-ramdisk?
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:30:43 +0000
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Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@shaw.ca> writes:
> If I had one I might use it as a fs-cache.

I'm not sure it offers any advantage over plain old system RAM in that
capacity; I'd be just as well off putting those DIMMs on the
motherboard.

I can't use plain old system RAM for a journal or a write-intent bitmap
because system RAM is wiped out in the event of a power failure.

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