Re: raid1 on HDD + RAM ?

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On Tue Sep 30, 2008 at 05:49:26PM +0200, Janek Kozicki wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It's possible to have a ramdisk device. Would it make any sense in
> doing raid1 using a common HDD and a ramdisk?
> 
> They would automatically sync on boot-up of the computer.
> 
> I'm asking because an ultra-fast READ and normal WRITE would be
> useful for me...
> 
I don't see why it wouldn't be possible.  I would think you'd get the
same performance leaving the RAM for caching though - that way anything
you _are_ actually reading/writing will be cached and the RAM is still
available for applications if needed.

Cheers,
    Robin
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