How to Use a RAMDISK for the tempdirectory?

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This article applies to all MetaDefender Core V4 and V5 releases deployed on Windows systems.

In order to improve the file scan speed, a custom tempdirectory can be set for Metadefender Core.

Instructions for Windows

Step 1:

Create a RAMDISK on your system.

We recommend the following tool for this: Tools and utilities for Windows

After installation, use the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver application, to create a new RAMDISK.


Mount new virtual disk:


After disk creation, windows will ask you to format the new disk.


Step 2:

Create, or edit the following registry entry:

Info

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metascan\global\tempdirectory

where tempdirectory should be a string value with a desired location, for example: Z:\tempDir



The recommended minimum size for the tempdirectory is at least 10GB, and also:

  • For non archive files: the average file size * 40

  • For archive files: the average archive size * 200

Step 3:

The changes to take effect restart the ometascan service.

After the service restart, your custom directory will be used for temporary file storage during file scan.

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