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From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: buffers vs cache
Keywords: buffers cache mace harddisk
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Date: 15 Mar 89 19:33:04 GMT
References: <1793@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <7083@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
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In article <7083@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann) writes:
>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?

There is no benchmark like running the programs you normally use.  In my case
the time consumer is compilation, so I time a massive "make".  But if you
spend time within a database, benchmark that instead!

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
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