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How To Use a Terabyte of RAM

Posted by kdawson on from the every-factor-of-25-helps dept.

Spuddly writes with links to Daniel Philips and his work on the Ramback patch, and an analysis of it by Jonathan Corbet up on LWN. The experimental new design for Linux's virtual memory system would turn a large amount of system RAM into a fast RAM disk with automatic sync to magnetic media. We haven't yet reached a point where systems, even high-end boxes, come with a terabyte of installed memory, but perhaps it's not too soon to start thinking about how to handle that much memory.

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  1. Billy Ram by echogen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't worry about your 1TB RAM... Microsoft would have the right tools to overflow it by that time!

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  2. It's easy to use a TB of RAM by gujo-odori · · Score: 0, Troll

    Want to use a TB of RAM? It's simple - just install Vista and that terabyte'll be used up before you can say "640K ought to be enough for anybody" :)