RAM disk Question

From: Kevin Raubenolt (raubenol@ohio.edu)
Date: 04/21/03

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From: Kevin Raubenolt <raubenol@ohio.edu>
To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    Managers,

    We currently run a very IO intensive application in our TRU64UNIX
    TruCluster environment. To help combat this we are discussing using a RAM
    disk. The application is Mailscanner running Sophos and SPAMASSASSIN. The
    disk utilization is only 1 - 2 GB max which we have plenty of RAM in our
    boxes. We currently deploy a fabric NSPOF HSG80 array SAN.

    1. Have many people have used RAM disks to solve IO bottlenecks?
    2. Have people experienced side effects or problems when using a RAM disk
    for an application?

    Thanks.

    Kevin Raubenolt Network Engineer
    Ohio University Communication Network Services
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