Re: W2K RAMlimits

[Robert L Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu>]

I wasn't thinking in terms of a *physical* RAM-based disk drive, using
RAM on a PCI-based card or something.  That's always going to be much
slower than using standard motherboard-based memory; PCI bus bandwidth
is usually only 133 MB/sec on PC motherboards and even 66 MHz, 64-bit
PCI is only 533 MB/sec.  I was thinking about the OS using some amount
of system memory as a temporary filesystem.

Granted, it's currently only server-based (and high-end workstation)
system boards that can go above 4 GB, but with the price of memory
being what it is, I can't see that staying the case for long.  I was
also thinking in terms of professional image editing.

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