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Article #196Re: Ram disks - Ram Cache?
From: Gert Slavenburg
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1986 10:54
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1986 10:54
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Can anyone tell me what exactly a RAM cache is. I am the person who originally made the 520ST RAMdisk, and am thinking about also making a RAMcache if such proves usefull. However, I have never seen one (though I can guess a lot) and need some ideas on the functionality. What I guessed is : write through (keep disks updated) cache on read miss cache on write adjustable size cache What I don't know is : do you want it to be completely invisible (no commands) how pessimistic should it be about disk exchanges I can imagine the usefullness of such a tool. However, you still also need a smaller RAMdisk, since a lot of time goes into write & verify of intermediate files for C compilers etc. Any experience and suggestions please DIRECTLY to me, I'll summarize on the net. Gert Slavenburg ..mcvax!prle1!prle2!slavenbg "mcvax!prle1!prle2!slavenbg"@seismo.ARPA gert@su-pescadero.ARPA
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!mcvax!philmds!prle1!prle2!slavenbg From: slavenbg@prle2.UUCP (Gert Slavenburg) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Ram disks - Ram Cache? Message-ID: <5@prle2.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 05:54:21 EST Article-I.D.: prle2.5 Posted: Thu Mar 13 05:54:21 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Mar-86 10:44:57 EST References: <12267320@ee.UUCP> <500044@iuvax.UUCP> <442@ccivax.UUCP> Reply-To: slavenbg@prle2.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven Lines: 28