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Alt.Binz (English) => General talk => Topic started by: nanobyte on April 16, 2008, 10:16:44 am

Title: Use memory cache - reduce harddisk usage
Post by: nanobyte on April 16, 2008, 10:16:44 am

Hi!

Is it possible to set any caching settings in Alt.Binz? I would like it to cache e.g. 32 MB of downloaded data in memory first before writing it to disk. That way, my harddisk would be used much less frequently (I sleep with my computer on *ahem* and hate the noise a busy hard disk makes).

If not directly supported by Alt.Binz (I went through the options menu and found nothing) - is there an app that creates a virtual disk that caches to memory and then writes to disk when the cache is full?

Thanks

--Lars

Title: Re: Use memory cache - reduce harddisk usage
Post by: cr4zyfr4g on April 16, 2008, 10:30:18 am

it is possible but you need a newer version (0.26.0 or newer).
see also in our Wiki ( https://www.altbinz.net/wiki/Advanced_Setup under Download #2 )

To get it click "donate" in alt.binz

Title: Re: Use memory cache - reduce harddisk usage
Post by: theone99 on July 23, 2008, 01:49:19 pm

Quote from: nanobyte on April 16, 2008, 10:16:44 am

If not directly supported by Alt.Binz (I went through the options menu and found nothing) - is there an app that creates a virtual disk that caches to memory and then writes to disk when the cache is full?

While I think you should make the donation, these are generally useful apps to know about anyway

http://www.techsnack.net/gavotte-ramdisk-free-virtual-hardisk (Free - no Vista/64bit support)
http://members.fortunecity.com/ramdisk/RAMDisk/ramdriv.htm (Vista/64bit support $8)