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Article #85Re: Why Cache? (Was: ZEOS, "OUT-OF-MEMORY" errors...)
From: Steven Whitlatch
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 18:52
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 18:52
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Perhaps the confusion about what cache we are taliking about is my fault, seems to be. I apologize. It is the "optional turbo cache module," as from my Zeos manual. It is commonly refered to as the "external cpu cache," as opposed to the internal 8K cpu cache, and comes in numbers such as 256K, 128K, and some machines use 64K. I think I've seen 3 respones as to my question about what speed increase could be expected by using the cache: a) %10 b) not telling (the zeos guy) c) %80 The reason I'm so interested in the performance increase is because I am using a hacked XFree_2.0 mono sever in Linux. The problem is that although XFree is generally a fast X-Server, XFree does not support the Viper, due to Diamond's policies. So, some of us Viper users have hacked the mono server to get it to work. But it is not very fast. I thought I might throw a cache at the problem. And if the performance increase is in fact going to be %80, then it might be worth the trouble. But, slow+(.10*slow)=(still slow). And that's not worth the $200 price. Thanks, Steve Whitlatch swhitlat@prism.nmt.edu
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