RAID cards with 1GB+ memory in a PC

OS has no idea about the RAM cache as it doesn't function like normal RAM. It is used continuously as long as the card is being used. What do you need to know about that Areca RAID card? Plenty of us here own them (and they are some of the best around).
 
Blue Fox said:
OS has no idea about the RAM cache as it doesn't function like normal RAM. It is used continuously as long as the card is being used. What do you need to know about that Areca RAID card? Plenty of us here own them (and they are some of the best around).
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What kind of MBps or GBps do you get while installing an app or game that would fit entirely within the cache?

Is the controller intelligent enough to determine what is in system memory vs what is in the cache? Example.. You start a game every night. Windows pre-loads the necessary files into memory and the controller card also has the same duplicate information in cache?

Do you notice a performance difference between large and small caches in day to day work?

Thanks
 
You don't chose what goes in the cache. It doesn't work that way. Think of it as a larger version of the cache you find on your hard drive.
 
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