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Question: best performance of hard disk reading (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 18.07.2010, 02:01
(edited by Rugxulo on 18.07.2010, 04:49)

> > What utility allows to do that?
>
> Maybe combination of UIDE and LBAcache.

I'm not entirely clear on what he wants here. Anyways, both UIDE and LBAcache both need a 386 or better to work. They also need XMSv3, I think. (EDIT: No, UIDE can use XMSv2, esp. necessary under default memory managers of ROM-DOS or DR-DOS.) LBAcache can use 0.25 MB increments while UIDE at minimum uses 5 MB cache size. On my old P166, I use UIDE /S5 /N2, and it seems to work fine.

UIDE supports higher amounts of RAM, Ultra DMA, CD/DVD drives, is smaller and faster, doesn't need a separate TICKLE for FDs, and is more frequently updated. Still, Eric's tool is okay too. You'd really have to benchmark to prove it to yourself, and I don't have any reasonable test results on-hand.

P.S. Set TEMP and TMPDIR to a RAM drive if you want fast temporary file access.

EDIT: Oops, here's what Jack says:

> Johnson has errors on his website, describing the new
> 13-Jul-2010 UIDE. Despite a "Last Update" of 11-Jul-2010,
> the download files ARE now dated 13-Jul-2010, and UIDE will
> now allow a very-fast "memory only" cache for JEMM386 users
> who need absolute protected-mode speed. Uses much memory,
> but some speed-freaks may still want it.

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• Question: best performance of hard disk reading - Pablo, 17.07.2010, 20:36 (Users)
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                • Question: best performance of hard disk reading - Arjay, 22.07.2010, 08:19
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