Re: Memory use Windows98

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From: Thomas Schodt
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:00

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chris wrote in message <3715AA7C.1145070B@shanti.demon.nl>...
>I'm just wondering about the memory use by windows. I have a 266Mhz
>processor with 128Mb RAM, of which at this moment 108Mb is being used.
>Virtual memory clocks almost 51Mb. Isn't this a bit much when only

Any memory that would otherwise go unused
can appropriately be used for disk cache.
I suspect that is what is going on here.

From what I have heard MS improved the memory management significantly
from Windows95 to Windows98.

Personally, I'd be happier if all 128MB were in use.


>An extra question: can anyone tell me what happens if I disable 'write
>behind caching fo all stations'?

A slight performance penalty,
though only when you are writing something to disk AFAIK.

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Thomas Schodt
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