Paul Stewart wrote:
But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it are
temporary files?
Therefore storing !Scrap in a RAMDisc would appear logical.
That's as maybe, but putting !Scrap in a RAM disc is an archaic practice
dating back to the use of RISC OS 2 and floppy discs, where to transfer
data between applications, you would have to reinsert the system disc
containing !Scrap.
These days it's not beneficial and bad practice for at least 4 reasons:-
1) Applications mainly use RAM transfer for exchanging data between
each other, so already work faster than disc, and faster than a
RAM disc.
2) Some applications such as Photodesk may need to store 100MB or more
of data when processing large images.
3) The RAM disc on the Iyonix actually has a lower peak transfer rate
than the ATA 100 disc!
4) Some applications store transient data in !Scrap, which can be
regenerated, but takes additional time at startup, e.g. NetSurf
Cheers
---David
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