Speed up Your Computer with Windows ReadyBoost™ While adding more memory to a computer is a great way to boost performance, it isn’t always easy to do. To install memory, you must be willing (or allowed) to open the computer case or pay someone else to do it. Sometimes, it can be difficult to tell what type of memory you need to install or how much you can install. And depending on the type of computer you have, even getting to the memory slots can be tricky. Windows Vista includes a feature named Windows ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost technology uses non-volatile flash memory, such as that found on a USB Drive or Secure Digital (SD) card, and a memory management technology called Windows SuperFetch™ to provide a cache for the memory paging file stored on the computer’s hard disk. Since accessing flash memory is much faster than accessing a hard drive, using Windows ReadyBoost can significantly increase performance. And since the swap file itself is still stored on hard disk (only a cache for that file is stored on the USB drive), no data can be lost if you remove the ReadyBoost drive from the computer. Using ReadyBoost is simple. Just plug a ReadyBoost compliant USB 2.0 drive into the computer. To determine if a USB 2.0 is ReadyBoost compliant, right click the USB drive in Computer and choose Properties. When you go into the Properties dialog box, ReadyBoost will perform a performance test to see if the device is fast enough. A drive should support 2.5MB/s for 4KB random reads and 1.75MB/s for 1MB random writes. Windows Vista determines whether the drive is fast enough or has enough space to use as a ReadyBoost drive. If the drive is fast enough, Windows displays the Speed up my system option in the AutoPlay window. After selecting the Speed up my system option, Windows Vista displays the ReadyBoost tab of the disk’s Properties dialog box. You can turn ReadyBoost off for the drive or if left on, designate how much space to use for speeding up the system. Of course, there are some limitations to ReadyBoost. Generally speaking, the lower the physical memory of the computer, the bigger the existing disk cache that can be offloaded to the ReadyBoost drive, and the greater the gain in performance. As a computer gains more physical memory, the performance boost is less significant.
Lese ich da richtig? Man kann mti einem "ReadyBost"-fähigem USB-Stick seine Performance verbessern?
Hat vielleicht schon jmd. Erfahrung damit gesammelt?