Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Disk caching programs Message-ID: <1503@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 14:46:23 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1503 Posted: Thu Jan 15 14:46:23 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 02:14:41 EST References: <832@mprvaxa.UUCP> <360@neoucom.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 23 Summary: An option to Lightning Organization : California Institute of Technology Keywords: From: tim@tomcat.Caltech.Edu (Tim Kay) Path: tomcat!tim In article <360@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: > >Thus for long xfers of data that are bigger than the area that you >reserve for the cache, you actually get a substantial decrease in >performace. > If you type L HELP for lightning, it lists an option L M=n Limits Lightning read requests to n or fewer sectors Perhaps they included this option so that you aren't penalized for its use. I am using their 80286 card with Lightning, and Lightning is very helpful. Timothy L. Kay tim@csvax.caltech.edu Department of Computer Science Caltech, 256-80 Pasadena, CA 91125