CD cache in ext RAM
Steve,
One of the most interesting concepts behind Speedway vs. it's competitors
is that it can be cached to the hard disk. Being a "file" caching device,
Speedway needs to fit the whole file in cache, or the file will be ignored.
Not much of a problem for 256K files, but 6 Meg. files are more difficult
with a cache of only 6 Meg.
My recommendation, (having personally only 4 Meg. of memory on my CIS
machine) is set up Speedway as follows:
1) Set aside some free space on your hard disk as the CD cache
2) Set it to between 6 Meg. and 20 Meg. (depending on free space)
I use 8 Meg.
3) Because CD caching will go to hard disk, use Smartdrv or one of
the latest third party disk caches (like FAST!, or your PCTOOLS)
to cache the hard disk. I would recommend a 3 Meg. cache rather
than your 2 Meg. (I use 1500 because of the 4 Meg. restriction).
You should see very close to the same benefit as someone who uses a RAMdisk
for caching. The key is the better the hard disk cache, the better your
performance from the CD cache out on the hard drive. This will utilize
your memory better and offer much better results than giving away all your
free RAM to our competitor's products.
Reese.
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