RAMDISK 1.5 GB/s - Alternative to Raid 0 for CS5

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cam123

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I found a video while researching for Raid 0.

Since I have 16 GB of memory and the minimum for CS5 is 4GB then


I can use some for Ramdisk.
Think about when you have like 12 slots of DDR3 with

8GB then thats 96GB of available memory.


You can maybe install windows 7 64 bit in 1/4 of it like

24GB of space in ramdisk and have astonishing 1.5GB per seconds speed rate.
With this you can edit High Resolution Red Footages, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6hzz62Z4oM&NR=1

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Cool, but that's a really expensive alternative storage solution. Why not just buy a sh*t ton of memory and a RAID 0 or RAID 5 and have a rockin' system?
 
cam123 said:
I found a video while researching for Raid 0.

Since I have 16 GB of memory and the minimum for CS5 is 4GB then


I can use some for Ramdisk.
Think about when you have like 12 slots of DDR3 with

8GB then thats 96GB of available memory.


You can maybe install windows 7 64 bit in 1/4 of it like

24GB of space in ramdisk and have astonishing 1.5GB per seconds speed rate.
With this you can edit High Resolution Red Footages, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6hzz62Z4oM&NR=1

IMPORTANT NOTICE: No media files are hosted on these forums. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website. We can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. If the video does not play, wait a minute or try again later.
I AGREE
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While in theory this sounds all great, it may not be as efficient when it comes to rendering out frames which relies on a large swap file to swap thing in and out of the memory at hard drive speeds.

The way that adobe apps are optimized are for swap files that exist on hard drives. You might find it more efficient to get an SSD for your OS/swap file than it would be trying to cut off some of your ram with a ramdisk.

I would try to track down an adobe engineer and ask them if it's an efficient use of your memory.
 
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