just a thought, but there are different disk writing algorithms that you can implement and tune within your kernel that will use RAM as your write cache. (so long as you're using Linux)
just a thought, but there are different disk writing algorithms that you can implement and tune within your kernel that will use RAM as your write cache. (so long as you're using Linux)
For writing I would have assumed it already did use ram to cache. Maybe not so much for later rereading.
I forget exactly what but I could have sworn there was a command for preloading a file into memory.
For writing I would have assumed it already did use ram to cache. Maybe not so much for later rereading.
I forget exactly what but I could have sworn there was a command for preloading a file into memory.
yep. In fact, if you've recently worked with it, the OS doesn't have to reload it from disk. And, depending upon how you tune the kernel you could make it to where the OS practically only ever flushes the disk writes upon reboot or exceeding physical memory. until that point all work with the file is being performed within in the memory space.
yep. In fact, if you've recently worked with it, the OS doesn't have to reload it from disk. And, depending upon how you tune the kernel you could make it to where the OS practically only ever flushes the disk writes upon reboot or exceeding physical memory. until that point all work with the file is being performed within in the memory space.
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