[IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive

2003-09-19 Thread David Sullivan
Hello, Has anyone considered putting the spool partition on a RAM drive? I haven't thought about RAM drives since DOS but for a Store and Forward server it would mean the messages would never have to touch the hard drive's I/O system. Right? Any thoughts or caveats? -- Best regards,

Re: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive

2003-09-19 Thread Sanford Whiteman
Any thoughts or caveats? The ramdrive.sys from the DDK tops out at 32 MB, I believe, so don't use that one! We've used the third-party RAM drive software from SuperSpeed, which works amazingly well as an accelerator. The caveat is clear: BSOD, power outage, etc. = an unknowable

RE: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive

2003-09-19 Thread John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Sullivan Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive Hello, Has anyone considered putting the spool partition on a RAM drive? I haven't thought about RAM

RE: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive

2003-09-19 Thread Mike
about life-span. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Sullivan Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive Hello, Has anyone considered

Re: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive

2003-09-19 Thread Len Conrad
Has anyone considered putting the spool partition on a RAM drive? sure, esp when on an IMGate relay, the msgs typically spend less the 10 seconds in the system. I haven't thought about RAM drives since DOS but for a Store and Forward server it would mean the messages would never have to touch

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Store/Forward Server Spool Partition on RAM Drive

2003-09-19 Thread David Sullivan
Hello Len, Friday, September 19, 2003, 2:43:28 PM, you wrote: LC sure, esp when on an IMGate relay, the msgs typically spend less the 10 LC seconds in the system. Without RAM drive my IMGate messages usually see a delay of about 3 secs. LC the big problem is the size of the ram disk. What