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From: jlamb@npd.Novell.COM (Jason "Nematode" Lamb)
Subject: Re: Windows on diskless workstations
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.015949.26790@npd.Novell.COM>
Reply-To: jlamb@seneca.npd.Novell.COM (Jason "Nematode" Lamb)
Organization: Novell Inc., Provo
References: <8621@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr17.130557.14349@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 01:59:49 GMT

In article <1991Apr17.130557.14349@hubcap.clemson.edu> cballen@hubcap.clemson.edu (charles allen) writes:
>From article <8621@crash.cts.com>, by viki@crash.cts.com (Victoria Harkey):
>> 
>> Regarding the swapfile in windows on a diskless workstation. Set up a RAM
>> drive for each workstation. Use the own cpu's RAM for swapping... very
>> fast.
>> 
>I've seen people posting previously that they used a ram drive for the 
>swap file.  Wouldn't it be more efficient to tell windows NOT to use a swap
>file in the case of a diskless station OR a crammed hard drive, and allow
>windows to access 100% of the RAM as RAM?  I thought the whole purpose of
>a swap file was to extend your RAM beyond what you actually have to store
>idle applications, etc.  If you use your RAM for a RAM drive, you aren't
>gaining anything and you are loosing flexiblilty.  That's what I think.
>I could be wrong.  Please let me know if I'm missing something.
>- Charles A.  

Basically your instinct is right. Since Windows and Windows Apps employs its
own DOS extender (in two of its three modes) and can let its Apps have access
to a larger protected mode address space, the more memory for Windows, the 
merrier...

Only catch is this. You can't tell Windows not to use a swap file. And if it
comes down to using a network workstation's resources for swapping, this is
the preferred order..... 1) Local Hard Drive.. 2) Local RAM Drive..
3) NW386 Server drive.. 4) NW286 Server drive.. 5) Version 1.01 of Windows..
;-)

(Swapping is really only a major issue with Windows in 386 Enh mode. It's
then that Windows uses swap file extensively for some operations, as well 
as for virtual memory support)

Jason Lamb