Feature request: Ram preload for big file streaming.

[jack_2000]

I have 4 gigs of ram and by the looks of it HFS doesn't utilisze it as mutch as i'd like.
Is it possible to add an option for HFS to precache large/ often used files in ram so as not to read them from the HDD?

[rejetto]

it looks like a nice addition, but i doubt we'll ever see it. :-/

[maverick]

How about using a ramdisk?  Might work.

[jack_2000]

I do use a virtual ram drive. Though it's for my apache server.

[rejetto]

i thought he was asking a feature like this:

500MB dedicated.
you have 1000 files, each one is 100MB.
every time i file is requested, if we have enough free memory this is fully loaded.
when the request is over, the file is removed from the memory.
when the memory is not enough, it just works the old way.

[jack_2000]

Yes rejetto, also there could be user-set time for how long HFS keeps a file in memory if there is "space" before it removes it. In case it's an often sought-after file.