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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-2.sprintlink.net!servers!bmec.hscbklyn.edu!zakaid99 From: David Zakai <zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD memory requirement Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:24:31 -0400 Organization: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Lines: 24 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960619222235.20516E-100000@bmec.hscbklyn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmec.hscbklyn.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Proposed hardware for new FreeBSD setup: laptop 486 DX2 50MHz 8 Meg RAM, 128k cache IDE hard disk 350 Meg Adaptec APA-1460 SlimSCSI PCCard Iomega JAZ drive Although I understand that FreeBSD will run with less memory, I am considering adding more (total 12 Meg or 20 Meg RAM). A recent email message indicated that more memory may not improve performance greatly because of hardware cache size. I don't understand this concept. I thought that the main RAM memory could be used for cache. Basic question: will I benefit from adding more memory than I have now? -- David Zakai zakaid99@hscbklyn.edu