Star Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is No Match for RAM
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Feb 2007 18:24 UTC, submitted by jayson.knight
Windows "There's a new way to enhance your cache in Vista - simply plug in your Flash memory stick. But how much performance gain can you really expect? TG Daily ran an average PC through a benchmark parcours and discovered that the old rules still apply: There is no substitute for an adequate amount of system memory. Period."
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Jack Malmostoso
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2006-01-20

I have heard many people swearing "how so much quicker my Vista box is with a USB stick plugged in".

Marketing claims can be way more effective than actual well written software, or proper hardware.

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Headrush Member since:
2006-01-03

I would think this is a dumb solution as most Flash based media have a limited number or superblock writes.

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Al2001 Member since:
2005-07-06

It won't be writing that often this is an app cache not a swap file. That said I still don't quite get how this is an improvement over the prefetch folder other than possibly shaving a few seconds off boot time. Maybe if I ever develop the desire to use Vista all will become clear.

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mmu_man Member since:
2006-09-30

It's not specifically for the superblock.
Flash ROMs have a limited number (usually 10000 to 1M) of write cycles before failure.
Current devices include logic to remap sectors so spread the changes around to avoid having the superblock (that's updated more often) to always trash the first sector. But still it's not meant as a short-time storage. Using a flash key for paging is like using an expensive book as post-its.

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