well Andre
maybe u r right
but as joe would put it the ratio is abt 10MB of ram to 1 GB cache_dir
guess i want to use a bit more of my 9GB drives of which i am
presently using 3gb per drive for the cache (3Gb * 4 drives) =12 Gb
with 100 MB cache_mem
maybe others hv something to say as well
rgds
khizcode
--- Andre van Zyl <vanzyla@cedara.kzntl.gov.za> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Increasing your cache_mem from 100 MB to 128MB isn't going to buy you
> much.
> In fact, unless you're really pushing your box, you're not really
> even going
> to see a major boost from the 100MB as it is.
>
> As for your cache size, a general rule of thumb from Duane Wessels is
> to
> allow 32 MB of RAM for every 1 GB of disk space. So, using this rule,
> in
> order to run a 20 GB cache, you're looking at 640 MB of RAM to be
> safe, and
> 512 MB RAM can run a cache of about 16 GB or so.
>
> HTH,
>
> AD.
>
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