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#CD-ROM cache questions

    09-Mar-93 09:06:53
To: Robert Kelsoe 74365,1613
Well, The two work together by caching the CDROM files to hard disk and then using PCKWIK to cache the hard drive. For most users, having enough RAM to build a decent size RAMdisk is difficult. For me, even 2-3 Meg. is more than I want to give to cache CDROM files. However, by caching the CDROM files to the hard disk (improving the medium's transfer performance) and then using a good delayed write cache (KWIK version 5.0 or above), you will get real close to the performance acheived by having as much as a 16 Meg. RAMdisk. Check my configuration file available in the LIB for more information on Speedway with Hard disk caches. Reese.