Question

In a computer system, all software including the operating system are installed in the secondary storage disk such as a hard disk or SSD. For the execution purpose, a software is loaded from secondary storage into the main memory (RAM). However, the installation size of some of the software is more than the capacity of the RAM and they cannot be loaded into the RAM completely. In such a case, a solution might be to execute such software directly from the secondary storage instead of loading it into the RAM for execution

Do you recommend that such a large software can be executed directly from the secondary storage, especially if we use relatively fast SSD storage?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible to execute large software directly from the secondary storage, especially if you use a relatively fast SSD storage. This is because the read/write speed of an SSD is much faster than that of a hard disk, so the software can be executed more quickly. However, it is important to note that the performance of the software may not be as good as if it were loaded into the RAM, as the RAM is much faster than the secondary storage.