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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ram: and VD0: (was Re: Speed of linking)
Keywords: RAM, VD0:, access time
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Date: 16 May 88 23:43:00 GMT
References: <8805132300.AA26431@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <28161@cca.CCA.COM> <2926@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
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In article <2926@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> (Keith P. Mancus) writes:
>   Could someone explain WHY RAM: is 6x faster than VD0:?  Is it
>impossible to have a recoverable RAM disk that is anywhere near as
>fast as RAM:?

Because VD0: is a device driver to a RAM based disk and RAM: is a
filesystem handler that uses ram. (VDK: is also a handler based
system that uses ram as well). Yes, you can get VD0: to run nearly
as fast as RAM, but you will have to wait for the fast file system
to do it.

--Chuck McManis
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