Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!dayton!rosevax!rosesun!dave From: dave@rosesun.Rosemount.COM (Dave Marquardt) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: RAM disk for VMS? Message-ID: <1540@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 17:05:02 EDT Article-I.D.: rosevax.1540 Posted: Wed Jul 15 17:05:02 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 03:21:43 EDT Sender: news@rosevax.Rosemount.COM Reply-To: dave@rosesun.Rosemount.COM (Dave Marquardt) Distribution: world Organization: Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN Lines: 22 I know there was a lot of discussion about RAM disks on this list/newsgroup recently, but I didn't pay much attention because we didn't really have an application. However, we now have an application that looks like it would do well with a RAM disk. We have a library on our Intergraph CAD system that gets changed fairly often. We either don't want to or can't turn this library into a shared library, so we can't install it (I'm not even sure if it's executable code -- it may be a text library). Anyway, these libraries are accessed often, and it would be nice if we could get them to sit in memory rather than disk -- it would save a lot of disk I/O. It seems like a RAM disk would be a good solution here (I'm sure there are people out there who will correct me if I'm wrong about this. Feel free to do so. I'm always willing to learn new things.). So, does anybody out there have a RAM disk, or can anybody provide a pointer to one that is either 1) provided by DEC, or 2) public domain? We might even be willing to pay a fee for such a thing. Please respond by mail or by posting to this list/newsgroup. Thanks. Dave Marquardt