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Re: Window and * megs of ram, what next?s

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From: Vincent F. Scarafino
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:43
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nauman@Pt.hq.af.mil (Stratton D Nauman) writes:

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> 3.  The rest of the memory (640 k for DOS, 7200k extended) The extended
> memory, I split up between Windows, and Smartdrv.  Smart drive Cache
> size is something thats sort of a user preference thing, however, I
> use a 2 megabyte size.  Im thinking about changing it to make it a little
> bit bigger.

For most workload characteristics, increasing the smardrv cache beyond 2
meg does not appreciably increase the cache hit ratio.  You are probably
better off leaving the extra memory with Windows.

Vince
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