In desk-top systems, executables are permanent. On ramdisk based systems, the lifetime of an executable only lasts until the next reboot. This opens additional posibilities:
- Kernel modules can be deleted after boot up.
- Initialization scripts/programs may be deleted.
- Applications and data can be compressed manually or by using cron-jobs.
- Applications should store data in compressed format.
- Data/logfiles can be moved off-site.