Specifications

30 Application areas
Hint: This also applies to user sessions: if the temporary data of a user
session is stored on a RAM drive, all of this data will be permanently de-
leted at shutdown.
9.9 Development and testing
Miray RAM Drive can accelerate software development and testing, thus saving
time. There are three main application areas:
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Different sector formats
A beneficial feature of Miray RAM Drive Pro is the ability to simulate different
sector formats. In addition to the standard size (512 bytes), it enables the use
of the Advanced Format (AF) with a sector size of 1 KB and 4 KB. Other sector
sizes are also supported. Simulating your desired sector format with Miray
RAM Drive Pro allows you to test your software (see also 47.5.3 Persistence).
From the internal perspective of the program to be tested, the RAM drive be-
haves identically to a physical drive with this sector format.
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Disk tools and special applications
For the development and testing of hardware-related software (such as data
recovery or file system drivers), you can benefit from using Miray RAM Drive.
Since the RAM drive works in the same way as real hardware (but is several
times faster), test scenarios can be completed very quickly. The tests them-
selves require significantly less time to undertake than they would using ac-
tual hardware.
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Disk-intensive applications and endurance tests
Miray RAM Drive can also accelerate the development and testing of applica-
tions, especially if this involves endurance tests. Simply save the test data onto
the RAM drive, and your tests will run much faster.
Hint: Miray RAM Drive is even faster than SSDs. In addition, the RAM
drive does not depend on mechanisms such as wear-leveling and is not
subject to creeping degeneration.
9.10 Just for fun
Test how fast your computer really is!
The hard disk is often the bottleneck when it comes to the speed of your com-
puter. On top-notch systems, fast processors and chipsets, this even applies to
many SSDs. Miray RAM Drive offers you an incredibly fast RAM drive, allowing
you to see just how fast your PC really can work!