To add another software development perspective onto this, both Linux and windows cache files in unused memory pages.
So even if you had 128GB of ram and were using “only” 32 of it, say, your OS could make (around, actual number is slightly less due to various OS-nerdy things) 96GB worth of files accessible at RAM-speed, which is still better than even fast SSDs.
To add another software development perspective onto this, both Linux and windows cache files in unused memory pages.
So even if you had 128GB of ram and were using “only” 32 of it, say, your OS could make (around, actual number is slightly less due to various OS-nerdy things) 96GB worth of files accessible at RAM-speed, which is still better than even fast SSDs.