From: Kevin Raubenolt (raubenol@ohio.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 12:09:21 EDT
Managers,
We currently run a very IO intensive application in our TRU64UNIX
TruCluster environment. To help combat this we are discussing using a RAM
disk. The application is Mailscanner running Sophos and SPAMASSASSIN. The
disk utilization is only 1 - 2 GB max which we have plenty of RAM in our
boxes. We currently deploy a fabric NSPOF HSG80 array SAN.
1. Have many people have used RAM disks to solve IO bottlenecks?
2. Have people experienced side effects or problems when using a RAM disk
for an application?
Thanks.
Kevin Raubenolt Network Engineer
Ohio University Communication Network Services
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