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USING RAMdisk to Ease Excessive CPU Usage
I have, for quite some time, been perplexed with a particular application I use daily. Be advised, this is only a hobby for me, and it's not so terribly important that I want to take up time and effort from anyone that doesn't wish to be bothered.
Here is the problem:
1. I use a fantastic ebook management program, Calibre. This program was, for Windoze, a 32-bit program. It has recently been updated to a 64-bit program for Windoze. It is written using Python scripting language. From the beginning, there was a 64-bit program written for Linux. It has a feature for converting ebook file formats, ie, from *.pdf or *.epub and, in my case, turning them into a *.mobi file that is friendly to my Kindle products. Whenever I perform conversion operations in bulk, the program is very CPU intensive, boosting CPU usage to 100%, but, with the 64-bit program, only maximum usage of about 4.2-3 of the 16 GB RAM I have installed, 14+ or so usable.
My system: HP p6677c
Motherboard Manufacturer: Foxconn
Motherboard Name: H-ALVORIX_HF-RS880-uATX
HP/Compaq motherboard name: Alvorix-GL8E FN-Alvorix-RS880-uATX (Alvorix)
Foxconn Model 2AB1 (1.00) Motherboard
Chipset AMD 785G(RS880/SB710), Alvorix Board: FOXCONN 2AB1 1.00
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 6.04 09/07/2010
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, AMD64 Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 3; Processor Count: 4
RAM: 16127 Mb
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 941411 MB, Free - 851600 MB; D: Total - 12354 MB, Free - 145 MB; (external) J: Total - 476937 MB, Free - 276144 MB
2. I'm wondering whether creating a RAM disk to crunch a 15 GB database of ebooks, 10,300 individual books - each with supporting metadata, would be more efficient?
3. Can anyone briefly tell me how I can do this? The library is on my C:\ drive and it is backed up on the G:\ drive external. The Calibre program is located, also on my C:\ drive.
Understand, my system isn't a bulldozer, but it isn't a piece of junk, either. My CPU fan, presently, when rendering this database, sounds like a "C-130, rollin' down the strip." I don't have a bios that supports heat sensor information. Core Temp reported 23 degree C at idle and off the chart under 100% load. I'm adding an aftermarket cooler when it arrives, but I'd like to ease that processor load with this idea if it is feasible.
Thanks for your time.