"Yury V. Bukhman" wrote:
[...]
> Question:
> what is the best way to put an entire database into RAM?  I thought of
> using HEAP tables, but they seem to have some limitations, e.g. not
> allowing text column type.  Is it possible to just copy an entire data
> directory into RAM?  Are there operating systems that allow this?  I
> currently run Linux, but could switch easily to another UNIX-like
> system.  Have anyone done something like this?

Why not to use a ramdisk ?
Linux allows that.

Cheers,
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