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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Cache & Buffers..how many buffers are required?
Message-ID: <9235@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 18 Apr 89 20:16:11 GMT
References: <2082@uwovax.uwo.ca> <NELSON.89Apr18000024@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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A simple test is not going to tell you how many buffers to use.  I have one
system that needs > 50 because of a large directory.  The system just crawls
with fewer buffers.

Do some tests that copy files around in your largest directory.

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  Jon Zeeff			zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us
  Ann Arbor, MI			sharkey!b-tech!zeeff