RAM Hardrive?

[eXx08]

I found this on Tomshardware. It actually looks pretty cool but why would anyone need this other than servers?

 

[Mik3y]

because it's instant speed. instant bootup, instant reformat, and etc. the hard drive is the biggest bottleneck in the computer. they are incredibly slow right now compared to the ram drive.

 

[spookynutz]

I imagine anyone who does a lot of "downloading" could make use of one of these. Fast decrompression and par reassemblies.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
because it's instant speed. instant bootup, instant reformat, and etc. the hard drive is the biggest bottleneck in the computer. they are incredibly slow right now compared to the ram drive.

I wish it could be instant boot up look at the Windows bootup time. It's just 2 seconds faster than a 36GB Raptor. I'm sure a 74GB Raptor can be just as fast then.

 

[Meuge]

That's because what we really need is a RAMDrive chipset that plugs into the PCI-Ex bus. When the RAM drive is capable of moving several gigabytes per second is when you'll really feel the difference. If someone offered me a PCI-Ex Card with extension cables into a 5.25" format box (like the one above), which could take 6 sticks, and saturate PCI-Ex 1X, I'd buy it tomorrow.