>> If you have 4G of RAM to put in an i-RAM then why would you use it >> as swap? If your machine swaps, use the 4G as real RAM! >> Absolutely agreed that real RAM is better. I could see a situation where you've maxed out the RAM (x86 motherboard/MCH limitations), and a RAM swap device could be the next best thing, though. Of course, might just be easier to add more boxes / cluster / load balance. Which is I think, how the original thread started :) -Matt Cuttler