Posted September 6, 2019 Just a theory but I'm fathoming 512GB to 1TB of RAM put into a RAMDrive then used as a storage volume in UNRAID, to provide a truly ram-like speediness to an OS and the programs running on the OS. Has this been done before, in testing? Does anyone have the ability to test this out? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1101867-unraid-for-massive-ramdrive-based-os/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 7, 2019 I don't see why not, but the overhead from UNRAID and the server cpu (most likely EPYC, would recommend the 7xx2 series) would negate any advantages, as you lose on clocks, + unraid overhead. StreamFX Ambassador (s.xaymar.com/streamfx-dc for support) Zephyrus G14 (5900HS, 3060) running Fedora i3 and some 14nm Skylake for hosting linux repos Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1101867-unraid-for-massive-ramdrive-based-os/#findComment-12872679 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 7, 2019 Author Do you really think you'd lose that much performance in the process? I don't personally known how UNRAID goes, though. At the end of the day, I really really just wanna see benchmarks for it but I know it's an extremely specialist class of people who could even try. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1101867-unraid-for-massive-ramdrive-based-os/#findComment-12872728 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 7, 2019 Maybe optane would better suite, I can barely tell the difference between a ramdisk and running from optane. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1101867-unraid-for-massive-ramdrive-based-os/#findComment-12873020 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 8, 2019 Author On 9/7/2019 at 1:52 AM, BruceWayneofLosSanto said: Maybe optane would better suite, I can barely tell the difference between a ramdisk and running from optane. Optane would be the logical answer for practical stuff, but personally I want to see a 100% Ramdisk OS Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1101867-unraid-for-massive-ramdrive-based-os/#findComment-12875442 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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