Configure the disk cache to improve disk performance
1 January 2000 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback OffTo avoid accessing the HDD every time to read a file, it caches the most used files or at least the most used parts of the file. The RAM allocated for disk cache cannot be used by applications, so if having a limited amount of RAM one should consider the amount of memory used for disk caching.
Edit the file C:\Windows\System.ini and find the section [vcache] and write the following:
One can use the following table to find a suitable value:
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Edit the file C:\Windows\System.ini and find the section [vcache] and write the following:
The above values means that it will take 8192 KByte of your memory to use for the virtual disk cache. The memory will be allocated in chunks of 512 KByte.[vcache]
MaxFileCache = 8192
MinFileCache = 1024
ChunkSize = 512
One can use the following table to find a suitable value:
| Installed RAM | MaxFileCache | MinFileCache | ChunkSize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Mbyte | 2048 | 1024 | 512 |
| 64 Mbyte | 4096 | 1024 | 512 |
| 128 Mbyte | 8192 | 1024 | 512 |
| 256+ Mbyte | 32768 | 4096 | 1024 |
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Updated: 24 September 2007