Solved Seeking help in setting up a Ramdisk by using 'ImDisk'

Maxman

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I rarely upgrade my notebooks since I’ve been setting my hands on this HP’s ENVY TouchSmart 15 Series Notebook which came with the following specifications:

- Intel 4th Gen Core i7-4702MQ Processor with 6MB Cache
- Samsung’s 8192MB DDR3 SD RAM
- 1TB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
- ADATA’s 24GB SSD Acceleration Cache
- 15.6” Diagonal Full HD BrightView LED Display with 1920x1080 Resolution
- Touchscreen, Multitouch enabled
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 4GB DDR5 RAM
- Windows 8.1 RT (x64 Edition)

When I’ve explored the PC through factory installed operating system in it, I’ve been disappointed to see the multiple RAID Volume Settings between HDD and SSD. Anyhow; I’ve ignored the pre-installed settings and then tested the custom applications one by one in order to verify the performance.

A considerable amount of latency and slow performance I’ve so far faced while operating my Outlook PST resource which is of 28GB of size. Because of the sensitivity and importance of resource I’ve to keep with me most of the time, I’ve thus decided to extend the amount of RAM available with the notebook as well as to replace the 1TB HD with Kingston’s 480GB SSD.

So here is current standing available with us:

- Intel 4th Gen Core i7-4702MQ Processor with 6MB Cache
- Kingston’s 16GB DDR3 SD RAM
- Kingston’s 480GB Solid State Drive
- ADATA’s 24GB SSD Acceleration Cache
- 15.6” Diagonal Full HD BrightView LED Display with 1920x1080 Resolution
- Touchscreen, Multitouch enabled
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 4GB DDR5 RAM
- Windows 8.1 Enterprise (x64 Edition)

At this stage I’ve allocated 19900-22800 MB of paging file on ADATA’s 24GB SSD and don’t wish to use its meagre amount of storage space for any other purpose. Whereas the system managing paging file already existed on Kingston’s 480GB SSD has been removed.

What I now wish to do is to fully configure ADATA’s 24GB SSD as Ramdisk as well as to manage the paging file (your suggestible size) on the same.

As I’ve never experienced this cherished ‘ImDisk’ before and I’m little confused in configuring the optimal settings as per my wishes.

As far as applications are concerned, I use Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft’s Expression Web, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook simultaneously.

I’ll highly appreciate your expert opinion in this regard.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 700
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
    Motherboard
    nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition
    Memory
    8.00 GB DDR2 RAM @ 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 660 GTX 2048MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL ST2410
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB SATA HDDs on RAID0
    2x250GB SATA HDDs on RAID0
    PSU
    Dell Dimension 1100 Watt Power Supply
    Case
    DELL Custom
    Keyboard
    DELL Multimedia
    Mouse
    DELL USB
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11 and Google Chromium
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
So anyone suggest me to go at some other forum for finding an applicable solution?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 700
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
    Motherboard
    nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition
    Memory
    8.00 GB DDR2 RAM @ 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 660 GTX 2048MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL ST2410
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB SATA HDDs on RAID0
    2x250GB SATA HDDs on RAID0
    PSU
    Dell Dimension 1100 Watt Power Supply
    Case
    DELL Custom
    Keyboard
    DELL Multimedia
    Mouse
    DELL USB
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11 and Google Chromium
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
A RAM disk is as the name suggests a virtual disk that exists in RAM. You can't configure it to use a disk (although some products let you back up your RAM disk to disk). There is no evidence that using a RAM disk will improve your performance as you would be setting aside a portion of your RAM for a specific purpose therefore leaving you with less for general use which will increase paging and decrease performance.

Memory management in Windows 8 is very efficient.

You will see a big increase in performance by replacing your HDD with SDD and doubling your RAM. I would suggest that you do nothing with RAM disk or your paging file. Most likely your small SSD will be slower than your large one so putting it on there will decrease performance. Start of by leaving the paging file system managed and see how your peak commit charge is under normal use - see here Blogs - Mark's Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
A RAM disk is as the name suggests a virtual disk that exists in RAM. You can't configure it to use a disk (although some products let you back up your RAM disk to disk). There is no evidence that using a RAM disk will improve your performance as you would be setting aside a portion of your RAM for a specific purpose therefore leaving you with less for general use which will increase paging and decrease performance.

Memory management in Windows 8 is very efficient.

You will see a big increase in performance by replacing your HDD with SDD and doubling your RAM. I would suggest that you do nothing with RAM disk or your paging file. Most likely your small SSD will be slower than your large one so putting it on there will decrease performance. Start of by leaving the paging file system managed and see how your peak commit charge is under normal use - see here Blogs - Mark's Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Thank you so much for your prompt response. Yes; I've misunderstood previously about the RAM disk and now leaving the settings intact as per your recommendations.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 700
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
    Motherboard
    nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition
    Memory
    8.00 GB DDR2 RAM @ 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 660 GTX 2048MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL ST2410
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB SATA HDDs on RAID0
    2x250GB SATA HDDs on RAID0
    PSU
    Dell Dimension 1100 Watt Power Supply
    Case
    DELL Custom
    Keyboard
    DELL Multimedia
    Mouse
    DELL USB
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11 and Google Chromium
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
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