(from PostgreSQL) Info on buffer management and MS Windows

[Andy Seaborne]

http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/InsideBufferCache.pdf
has clues about performance of databases on MS Windows.
(summary: use the OS cache, have a smallish cache on top)

Also describes the PostgreSQL cache policy of modified LRU using 
usage/reference counts to produce a patent-free, scan resistant cache 
policy (either performed sync or async).

        Andy