Re: GS-RAM-plus cache woes

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4oqucu$el9@news.ysu.edu>,
Adalbert Goertz <be404@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>I have a GS-RAM-plus board (AE) and like to install cache using the
>AW expander s/w.
>When I run AE.cache.system and the GSOS601 boot, the GSOS thermometer
>at about 15%  gives a jolt and beeps and when at 100% locks.
>Has anyone cached and run GSOS601 successfully?

   GS/OS has its own built-in cache. If some other cache program
crashes the system, it's defective and should not be used. [By the
way, as Ian Schmidt and myself both noted last week, the thermometer
means nothing-- it'll always keep moving. When the beep happens, the
system is hosed. Please listen and learn from knowledgable others
instead of making us reply the same way each time.]

   If you are slowly turning into a performance freak, then forget
software forms of cache-- the RamFAST SCSI controller is _WAY_ faster
than anything else on the market. Yes, you'll have to invest some
money in it, but it's worth it-- booting System 6.0 time was cut by
1/3 to 1/2 when I replaced the HS SCSI card by my 256K Rev C
Ramfast. Software is not going to improve on that. An accelerator
(Zip, TWGS) also helps system boot performance, and is also a
worthwhile investment.

Nathan "You spend your money, you get more speed" Mates
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