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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:31:17 PDT7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: HDD cache size choice with OS/2

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subj. was: SCOUG-Help: HDD choice & settings with OS/2 !?

Hello Svobi:

I, too, am considering a new, larger hard drive.

Memory prices have dropped so much that HD manufacturers
are now including larger caches on their high-end offerings.
Soon, 8MB caches will be standard.

As file sizes increase, larger caches become more useful. I'm
considering an IBM 120GB drive for my wife's win98 machine.
Today, the difference between a 2MB and 8MB cache is around
$12 on PriceWatch -- a small price to pay for obsolescence
protection and the (small) potential performance increase.

It's not clear to me that there is significant operating system
influence on the HD hardware caches size choice, save that the
largest possible HPFS software cache is 2MB -- small by today's
standards. [HPFS 386 does allow up to 64MB I've read].

Cache requirements continue to increase, so bigger _IS_ better.
I'm (trying to) plan for the future.

--Steve

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On 6/2/03, Albert M. Svoboda wrote, in part:
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>Hello everbody
>
>How does a HDD cache of either 2MB or 8BM affect OS/2 ???
>
>Does one need to choose the 2MB only or is the bigger cache
>a(n intelligent) choice too ??
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice ;-)
>
>svobi

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