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A BlockDevice driver that uses memory to simulate a traditional disk in order to offer greatly accelerated access times to its contents. The drawback of a RamDisk is that it uses a fixed amount of memory regardless of how much of it is in actual use. Its contents vanish when the system shuts down. |
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Nowadays, a [Tmpfs] is usually preferred. |