Hmmm, nice little thing you have there, the CENATEK module. I never heard of such thing for pagefile.
It works, & will work better/faster, using the DDRDrive x1 PCI-e model, by far on DDR400 RAM (vs. PC-133 SDRAM) & MOSTLY, on bustype imo @ least using PCI-Express x1 slot (vs. PCI 2.2)
Yea, I wrote some reviews (for CENATEK on their homepage, "An independent users review" in 2003) & articles on the use of Ramdisks, in general!
BOTH software AND hardware types...
(HARDWARE (for CENATEK review) & SOFTWARE - While doing paid contract work for EEC Systems when I wrote up some code for their SuperCache-II product & did reviews on "creative uses of ramdisks" as the article title & also writing up a competing ramdrive program based off MS-DDK template years before they had one out).
(The SuperSpeed.com/EEC Systems article USED to be on EEC/SuperSpeed.com website, & is now altered as to the page for it as well as the material (some) by their staff, doubtless accounting for changes in hardware since I wrote it, WAY back in 1996 iirc)
SuperCache-II is a better diskcache than the native NT-based OS one by far by the way, look into it.
That was all done back as far as 1996 & made it into Windows NT magazine (currently Windows.NET mag) w/ a REALLY strong/solid/good review no less!
(Yes - I am VERY proud of that one here!)
& the idea took off worldwide from there... hence, why companies like HyperOS & GigaByte (IRAM) are doing business vs. the CENATEK company now.
ON using SSD's:
It's NOT "original thought" though, because SSD usage has been around for servers & such or high-end workstations for a LONG time!
(E.G.-> quantum/maxtor iirc, used to make them too, but FAR more expensive ones, costing thousands, as far back as I can recall around 1995 or so)...
HOWEVER, how I apply SSD's (and to some extent, even SOFTWARE ramdisks can have a pagefile.sys on them, IF you have more than 4gb of RAM that is (this IS the 'catch), depending on how much RAM a PC has on its mobo in chips) to PC's?
THAT truly IS pretty much "my original thought" though...
I.E.-> NOW? Well, many others use this trick/tip/technique, & it works (for much more than the pagefile.sys, see my signature below in regard to the CENATEK "rocketdrive" & you will see what I mean & have done as "work-in-practice" using it to its FULL extent here, for how I use MY system personally).
Now I was wondering, where did you read that an Opty absolutely needs ECC ram? Link appreciated. Thanks.
Always was under that impression... not true, I take it?
(I have asked here more than once about that, but never got an answer!)
* GOOD if so, & NOT true... ECC ram costs more iirc!
APK
P.S.=> Thanks for correction on this note (ECC RAM & Opteron CPU use), if needed, & also for the tips on the RAM timings... it WOULD be NICE, to reach past say, Dj Dn (Opteron 165 user, & 1446 score vs. my 1441 (approx)). on the ScienceMark 2.0 tests especially IF that is doable as you state! I will try it... apk