Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: memory | Date | Fri, 10 May 1996 15:38:18 -0400 | From | Joseph Dickson <> |
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On Fri, 10 May 1996 20:24:20 +0100, Ralph Loader writes: >Not under Linux. The caching controller will simply end up maintaining >another copy of stuff held in main memory anyway. Far better to either >spend the money on main memory, or good (DMA), non-caching, controllers. >(Getting one controller per drive might be worthwhile though, as if you >have two drives on a controller, then only one can be accessed at once.)
Well, all I know is that after adding a caching controller to my system, I got massive performance increases... it would definately be nice if Linux was a little smarter about the presence of caching controllers, though..
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