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- From: vscarafi@eccdb1.pms.ford.com (Vincent F. Scarafino)
- Subject: Re: Window and * megs of ram, what next?s
- Message-ID: <BtnCw5.LI1@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
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- Organization: Ford Motor Co.
- References: <nauman.714658353@hq>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:43:12 GMT
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- nauman@Pt.hq.af.mil (Stratton D Nauman) writes:
-
- ......
-
- > 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
-