Specifications

28 Application areas

9 Application areas

9.1 General notes

Miray RAM Drive is designed for universal usage and works even faster than

SSDs. The following sections describe some specific scenarios that particularly

benefit from the usage of Miray RAM Drive. However, the use of Miray RAM

Drive is not limited to these scenarios.

9.2 Temporary ﬁles

Some programs or processes create temporary files that are no longer needed

after their termination. However, storing these files on a RAM drive can acceler-

ate their execution. When the RAM drive is switched off, the data will be deleted

automatically.

Note: For temporary data that is needed over a longer period of time

(for example, browser cache 49.3 Cache), Miray RAM Drive Plus allows

you to create a persistent RAM drive (48.4 Persistence).

9.3 Cache

All operating systems have a built-in cache, a memory buffer meant to acceler-

ate the work. The built-in cache is automatic, meaning users are not able to

specify the data they would prefer to be cached. This is exactly what you can

achieve with a RAM drive. All data stored on the RAM drive benefit from ex-

tremely fast access.

9.4 Full RAM usage

Miray RAM Drive Server / 32-bit Windows systems only

For 32-bit systems with more than 2.5 GB of RAM, the upper half of the memory

area is not available for programs as linear addressable memory. This limitation

can be further decreased to a maximum of 3.5 GB of addressable memory.

Miray RAM Drive can use this memory space, and further increase it to more

than 4 GB in the Miray RAM Drive Server edition. For example, if your system has

8 GB of RAM, you can use the entire upper half as a RAM drive for caching (49.3

Cache), swapping and 49.2 Temporary ﬁles, thus speeding up the entire sys-

tem. Server functions can also be accelerated by buffering file data or databases

in a RAM drive.