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- From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
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- Subject: Re: RamFAST & GS/OS cache
- Message-ID: <uerics.722403504@mcl>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 03:38:24 GMT
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- The GS/OS cache caches _everything_. Every block read from a cacheable
- device is cached.
-
- I think having your cache set beyond 64K or 128K would be silly, since
- caching can only help so much (particularly software cacheing). I keep
- mine at 32K. You might try sitting down with a stopwatch and try various
- sizes until you find the best one.
-
- Personally, I'd suspect that with the RAMfast, the best GS/OS cache size
- would be something small (or zero), just because double-cacheing doesn't
- seem like a smart way to speed up the works.
-
- - Eric S.
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