When to use a RAM-Disk?

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Published on 2010-03-17T21:58:21Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 22:01 UTC
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Hi,

I know that RAM-Disk are fast, faster than any Disk but they lose their contents on a shutdown of the operating system. The capacity is limited to the RAM. Is there a usefull implementation on a new 64-Bit windows 2008 server?

Peace

Ice

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