Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!mrwittma From: mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: buffers vs cache Keywords: buffers cache mace harddisk Message-ID: <7083@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 14 Mar 89 22:03:57 GMT References: <1793@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Reply-To: mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann) Distribution: usa Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 4 Here's a question to add to the list: How can you (preferably quantitatively) check to see how much your cache or buffers are doing for you? What are the standard bench- marks?