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Subject: Re: Disk caching programs
Message-ID: <1503@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 14:46:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 15 14:46:23 1987
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References: <832@mprvaxa.UUCP> <360@neoucom.UUCP>
Reply-To: tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Summary: An option to Lightning

Organization : California Institute of Technology
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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