Clearing the browsing history definitely solves the problem but you’d lose all the websites that you’ve visited and also the very convenient autocomplete feature that saves the the trouble of typing the full URL. This is because the places.sqlite file that is used to store bookmarks, downloads and browsing history has grown to a file size that your hard drive requires more time to process the information in the database. If you browse a lot of websites everyday and never clear it, chances are you’ll experience frequent and lengthy pauses in Firefox. This is the same as Firefox where the files in the Firefox profile folder get bigger and it takes longer to process. Similar to the Windows operating system that feels fast after a clean installation and then the performance slowly degrades as you use it. RAMDisk can also out-perform solid state disks (SSDs).One of the biggest problems with Firefox that still remains today is it can get terribly slow after using it for a few months or even years. A RAMDisk operating at maximum bandwidth does not produce excessive heat, noise or vibrations. You can access it at maximum bandwidth 24/7/365 without fear of mechanical failure, or fragmentation (while a RAMDisk can become fragmented just like any other disk, but it does not take a performance hit like a physical disk does when it becomes fragmented). Custom applications with high I/O, high bandwidth, or high security requirementsĪn additional feature of a RAMDisk is that it will never wear out. Security - all information can be wiped upon power loss or shutdown Most users use RAMDisk to speed up applications like: In a word: SPEED! The performance of a RAMDisk, in general, is orders of magnitude faster than other forms of storage media, such as an SSD (up to 100X) and hard drive (up to 200X). The more RAM your computer has, the larger the RAMDisk you can create. RAMDisk is a program that takes a portion of your system memory and uses it as a disk drive.

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