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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!206.117.26.202!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: driess@movieweb.com (driess) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Question re: Unix setting aside 10% of RAM for disk cache Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 04:56:31 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5ipqh4$flt@news.leonardo.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a01.leonardo.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38984 I am running BSD2.0 & when I bootup the machine, Unix automatically takes 10% of my available RAM (in my case 96megs of total RAM) & uses this 10% for the disk-cache (9.6 megs are used for our disk-cache) ... Is this standard in Unix that the system allocates 10% of total RAM for the disk-cache and if so, what file do I need to modify so that I can alter this setting? When I run TOP, it tells me that the server never has less than 55megs of available (Free) RAM ... so I'm thinking of using this unused memory to increase the disk cache. ANY SUGGESTION? Thanks Dave Riess driess@movieweb.com