[Gems-users] Regarding ruby load-caches

[sparsh mittal ISU <sparsh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All
I wanted to ask regarding the following post of Mike Marty:

 load-caches will take a long time because it actually replays the contents
> of the caches as individual memory requests.  The reason we do this is so
> that we can use the same warmup files for different cache sizes and
> configurations (it approximates well).  After each load is completed, we
> clear the Ruby stats and continue the simulation.
> 
> I'm not positive how big our standard cache warmup files are, but I've
> seen it take anywhere between 10-45 minutes to load the caches.
>
If we are only using cache warmup files for the same configuration, as we made checkpoint and cache file for, is there an alternative so that 10-45 minute time can be saved. Moreover, does anyone have any idea, how much inaccurate will the simulation be using these warm-up files? I would be thankful for the reply. 
Thanks
Sparsh Mittal
ISU