On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:27:33 +0100, Michael Polak wrote:
> Now something really strange. Page load time of ctk.ceskenoviny.cz when
> Arachne was launched entirely from RAM disk, is constantly 8 sec, while
> on drive C: it is 8 sec only before pages are cached - and then it is
> 7 sec (!) (second reload from cache). On drive E:, it won't get under
> 11 sec....
> So what can be wrong with my drive E: ? Maybe the disk surface is too
> tired from storing my Arachne home directory for nearly 3 years ? ;-)
> And how it is possible, that disk C: is faster, than my RAM disk ? (?)
> Is size of clusters really so important ?
> BTW, the times are really related to location of cache, not location
> of Arachne. I have tried copying my cache.idx with absolute pathnames
> from my E: drive to C: ... yes. C: Arachne with cache on e: 12 sec.
> E: Arachne with cache on C: 7 sec.
> Wise DOS gurus, can you please explain me how is this possible ? ;-)
> (I am running DR-DOS 7.01...)
I tried the same test.(if I understood correctly)<g>
---history.lst---
file:system\gui\err_lock.ah
file:ppp_init.htm
file:l:\arachne\mail.htm
file://trashfolder.dgi
file:\ARACHNE\MAIL\TRASH\53682378.MES
http://ctk.ceskenoviny.cz/
file:\arachne\cache\53687936.htt
file:\arachne\cache\53687936.HTM
file:l:\arachne\cache\53687936.HTM
file:c:\arachne\cache\53687936.HTM
file:h:\arachne\cache\53687936.HTM
file:l:\arachne\home.htm
file:l:\arachne\utils.htm
file:l:\arachne\mail.htm
file://inbox.dgi
file://cacheindex.dgi
file:l:\arachne\mail.htm
file:\ARACHNE\MAIL\TRASH\53682355.MES
file://inbox.dgi
file:\ARACHNE\MAIL\53682379.CNM
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Before starting... nwcache /u
Load times are the average of 10 reloads from cache
Drive cluster size time to reloa
L: Ramdrive (xmsdsk.exe) 1kb clusters 4.5 sec
c: 230mb HDD 8kb clusters 4.7 sec
h: 510mb HDD 16kb clusters 4.7 sec
BTW,
Why does err_lock.ah keep showing-up even with only 10 items in cache???
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