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From: e4666881@rick.cs.ubc.ca (richard louie)
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Subject: Re: Disk cache
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Date: 18 Oct 90 00:48:13 GMT
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     The question about the best size for a disk cache has
been asked by many people throughout the PC world.
     I would suggest that you read PC Magazine's article on
hardware disk caches afew months back. They have a wonder side
article on software caches and the advantages of having a good
caching program rather than a larger cache.
     In the case that you can't get a hold of the article, I'll 
just summarize some of it for you.  The best software cache is 
PC-Cache or similar.  The best size of a cache is the just a
little larger than your largest application.  Any smaller and
you'll see some downgrading of your hard drive performance.

Richard

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