Hello Andreas

On 26-Oct-99, you wrote:

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> I never understood why some people use the RAM disk for the cache. As the
> RAM disk is cleared everytime you reboot, it is NOT a cache, it's just a
> waste of cpu time and memory. The pages stay in memory without disk cache,
> too, as you said before.

When the cache gets to big, some filesystems tend to trash the disk. With
IBrowse and AFS-filesystem you were bound to get trouble sooner or later.

That's why RAM is the better choice. That way the pages will load faster if
you revisit them without rebooting. 

Dan
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