[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“This article takes a quick break from the 2.6.30 kernel bonanza
of file systems to discuss ramdisks and file systems that use them,
such as tmpfs. It will also discuss possible uses for ramdisks.
Finally it will present some storage devices that use RAM as the
storage media. These devices range from very expensive enterprise
class storage to devices that can fit into your desktop.”
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