Hi Steven,
We have had the same problems with the RAM and the use of it. The solram actulally doesn't need to be more than ~256Mb, because, if the working directory is located to RAM (DDR3), then the solram would swap to memory. I think that the program doesn't know the difference between actual hard drive and the ram drive, so if you have enough of memory, then you can fully use it with the Creo Simulate. I think that our best computer can handle 756Gb memory, so the ram hard drive can be big enough for all the Creo Simulations that we ever need to calculate. On my opinion the ram hard drive could be something around 64-96Gb, because the memory is still not cheap enough. But with the "actual" memory" 32Gb and then with the ram drive 96Gb the Simulate files that we drive should all be handled in that space, with all the temp files etc. without waiting the hard drive or SSD drive swapping the temp and result files. I would just like to have some (good) comments from some users that are using those settings, just to know how much time I would save. I need to justify this investment somehow to our IT department and saving time is saving money...
- Kriste