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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!loddon.demon.co.uk From: stuart@loddon.demon.co.uk (Stuart Broderick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Increasing cache ? Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 20:31:06 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: <823725117.3773@loddon.demon.co.uk> References: <823673122.24218@loddon.demon.co.uk> <4faic3$fv9@sidhe.hsc-sec.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: loddon.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: loddon.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Thanks for the info. Stuart. ======================================= roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) wrote: >In article <823673122.24218@loddon.demon.co.uk>, >Stuart Broderick <stuart@loddon.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Is there a kernel parameter (or something else) to define how much of >> the available memory can be used as cache ? On some UNIXes there is a >> parameter to do this. >You don't need a parameter on FreeBSD. FreeBSD has a unified VM/buffer >cache system where all available mmory can be used a buffer cache. >[[ cc'ed to Stuart ]] >-- >Ollivier ROBERT -=-=- FreeBSD 2.x FAQ maintainer -=-=- roberto@freebsd.org >-=-=-=-=-=- Support The Free UNIX Systems ! FreeBSD Linux NetBSD -=-=-=-=-=-