ramdisks, why are we not seeing more of them?

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was sitting thinking about this earlier

looking at programs like ramdisk etc i had 2 thoughts


firstly

why cant i buy a ddr3 ramdrive that slots into a pci-e slot or similar?

DDr3 is peanuts atm ie
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-310-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

16 gigs of ram for £80 quid surely someone can offer a controller card with a pile of ddr3 slots say allowing 40-120 gigs of ram to be fitted.
i'd imagine that a ram based hdd would literally wipe the floor with any ssd raid array available.

Yes i understand the downsides would require battery back up etc etc but the performance would be staggering


secondly i'm looking to upgrade to SB before xmas and i'm seriously considering using ramdrive to give me a superfast ssd beating drive on my system. Can someone recommend a mobo that will allow me to run 32 gigs of ram or above- pref 64 or more.


oh and as a foot note anyone see any obvious flaws in my thoughts? going down the ramdrive route i'm towing with using a ramdrive for my game files backed up with a drive image.(means reimaging before every shut down and loss of data with every crash or power interuption but those are small issues i could overlook for the potential speed boost

 

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stulid- thats the one i was thinking of the i-ram just dont understand why there isnt a market for these with current ram prices. surely someone somewhere must be seeing the potential for slapping 32 or 64 gig of ddr3 onto a riser card and selling as a solution

werewolf. any more information manufacturers brands etc? its something i'm keen to look into. that said i cant see anything like an i-ram that supports ddr3 (mores the pity) might have to do a bit of research on fc ssd drives

 

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And?

if only they could give me that with a 16 or 32 gig capacity of ddr3. i could live with it as a boot drive. christ my windows folder is bigger than 4gb

 

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They are out there for enterprise solutions and like Werewolf said, do you fancy getting a second mortgage to buy one?

anyone care to give me some product names, my googglefu is weak today.


bit of research, bit of ebay watching. i could have some nice toys for my sb/bulldozer build

 

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oh and back to the ramdisk point,

just found some interesting figures posted up on the web

Ramdiscs Vs harddiscs

hdparm

seeks

Random access time

now.....even using 24 gig of ram on a rig to allow 8gig system and a 16gig ram drive thats an appealing thought. 16 gig drive with those kind of stats for say windows and your favourite game

 

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now now guys, no need to fall out


i'm only doing some musing here.

I like the idea of an SSD but i want something different and if possible faster, just sounding out various possibilities.

i'm not all there in the common sense dept. (i own an alfa, i feel the love for bulldozer and i'm seriously contemplating one over a 2500k setup. different is always good

 

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Using system RAM would require a software based solution and, as I said, you'd have to "load" the Ram Disk from an SSD or HDD every time you started your PC before you can make use of it.

not really an issue. my rig runs 24/7 i could use a ram drive for things like my games, certain apps etc (ie a non boot drive) and just regularly make a image of said drive or before any neccesary reboots)

 

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ooooh a ramsan 300 for only £2700

or a 64gig 400 for only 5k

thats what i want but only if they can knock out a version minus a zero on the prices.

thanks for the pointers stulid, always interesting to read up on these sorts of things.

might have to do some googling and see if i can find some comparisons on different options.


but if my numbers come up tonight

http://www.ramsan.com/products/rackmount-flash-storage/ramsan-810?gclid=CMyUiJO7jqwCFYEZ4QodhnXbnA

would be epic for playing fm2012

 

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dont worry i'll give you the job of putting my new rig together

 

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mainly not just for

i also play cities XL my 6970 overclocked copes fine.


i kid, i also indulge in some serious encoding and the occasional fps

 

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Is it really worth it though?
8GB DDR3 is around £40?
64GB of DDR3 would cost £320 at that price!
So following that, 128GB would be £640!
You can get a 240GB RevoDrive3 X2 for £120 less than that!
Are you really gonna notice the speed increase in anything other than benchmarks?

no but when i slap my epeen on the table in discussions on access times and so forth it will be worth it