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From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Is there a way to run tables in RAM?
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In response to Is there a way to run tables in RAM?  (Roy Souther <roy@silicontao.com>)
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On 7/13/06, Roy Souther <roy@silicontao.com> wrote:
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>  I would like to know if there is anyway to move a section of some tables into RAM to work on them.

the operating system should cache the table if there is memory
available. while disk cache is somewhat slower than raw memory read,
now you have memory for lots of other  things, like sorting.

merlin

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