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Old 01-19-2007, 10:08 AM
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"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:48:13 +0200, "Alex Mizrahi"
> <udodenko@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:


[snip]

> If the total amount of allocated memory is beyond 2GB, yes
> it is more optimal. If the total amount is below 2GB, it
> may depend on how much of a benefit you would see from
> having a larger filecache (IF you adjust Windows memory
> management to have one, this is not a default installation
> condition), it is quite possible the larger filecache
> reduces rereads from HDD, more than the I/O to HDD from
> slight pagefile use. In the end, the goal is still the
> same- based on the specific uses of the system, to minimize
> access to the HDD.


Interesting - how do I turn up the cache size for windows please? This would
be very useful for my work.



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