#CD-ROM cache questions
Sounds to me as though your application is divided into data files and indexes;
where the indexes are the smaller files. By caching the index data, I think
you will be surprised at the performance improvements. As I have mentioned in
the past, we used a law application called CD LAW which improved dramatically
on search times. Using standard searches for the word 'tort' for example took
73 seconds without Speedway, less than 2 seconds with.
I'd recommend starting with 11-12 Meg. of hard disk space, and use a good
delayed write cache to support additional performance.
One of the major drawbacks on legal applications is that lawyers bill their
clients on time…by speeding up the app., the lawyer can't bill as much for
usage. Oh well….<g>
Reese.