dont limit your diskcache with cacheman !

[flexy]

hi,

i dont know how many know about this.

Cacheman is a widely used program which claims to increase performance eg. by limiting the max. available diskcache (vcache entry in system.ini). Claiming that it leaves more physical RAM then for the system instead of "wasting" it for the vcache.

The point is that this is only valid if you run Win95 and/or have LESS than 128MB Ram.

With win98 and up the windows vcache works as supposed to, programs are even executed directly from diskcache. (Win95 had a bug with diskcache functionality, therefore it made sense to use cacheman to stop win from eating up all your ram...but this is years AGO !)

I came some interesting webpages regarding this topic....and the solution usually is this:

EITHER dont use any wincache setting at all and let win98 manage the cache (VCACHE, NOT SWAPFILE !) automatically....OR (even better)...use 70% of your system memory (if you have 128MB and more) and set it as "MaxFileCache".

Cacheman as default uses very small numbers for the cache (eg 32MB Ram) and "recommends" them....anyway it defies ANY logic if vcache works right...

If you have like 70% of your installed ram as vcache then it significantly improves overall performance of your system in windows *significantly* - and in case the system really needs more physical RAM available it also gives back this RAM as soon as needed.

Try it in case you use cachemen and the (so called) "recommended" settings....change the max cache to 70% of your memory or leave the vcache settings out totally.