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To: mr.mark who wrote (6398)10/24/1999 7:32:00 PM
From: PMS Witch  Read Replies (1) of 110634
 
Memory stuff ...

Your post on memory management was quite informative. If one can achieve a performance boost from increasing free physical memory, your post gives clear instructions on how to proceed. This stuff isn't too difficult and shouldn't cause harm.

If I understand the bulletin correctly, Symantec feels Windows should allocate less memory to disk caching. I'd suggest testing the results of the smaller disk cache on each system to determine if performance improves. If disk access is your bottleneck, reducing disk cache may not deliver the desired results. If your disk consistently functions under a 'light load', reducing disk resources and allocating them more productively should produce performance improvements.

Typically, database software place heavy demands on your disk. Word processing and spreadsheets use disk resources sparingly, but rely on memory a bit more. Other stuff varies.

Such an east to implement tweak comes our way all too infrequently. Thank-you for sharing it.

Cheers, PW.
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