File Caching - Tascam PCI-822 User Manual

File Caching

Windows 95/98 has built-in file caching which saves your most
recently accessed data in memory. Since file caching is of limited use
in digital audio applications, you may want to restrict the amount of
memory reserved for file caching. Locate the SYSTEM.INI file in your
Windows folder, and open the file in a text editor such as Notepad.
Create (or find and edit) a section named "[VCache]" and make sure
the MinFileCache and MaxFileCache are both set to:
4096 (for a computer with 32MB of RAM), -or-
8192 (for a computer with 64MB or more of RAM)
The values are given in kilobytes (KB) of RAM (2048 means 2MB of RAM).
WARNING: Do not use values for MinFileCache or
MaxFileCache that begin to approach the amount of physical
RAM in your machine. NEVER use values greater than the old
Windows 3.1 limit of 24576 (24 MB). Microsoft specifically
warns that it does not guarantee performance of the cache at
sizes larger than this and disavows responsibility for data
corruption or loss that may occur. So do we!
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