Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 21:23:19 -1000 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: H/W recommendation Message-ID: <199610020723.VAA23834@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com "Re: H/W recommendation" (Oct 1, 10:51pm)
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} } But it's a time-tested rule of thumb that, to a first approximation, } your cache should equal the size of the kernel. (In the case of UNIX, the } kernel should be trimmed to include only the devices that are actually } present). } Yikes! Cache size has a close relationship to kernel size? Similar to its relationship to the phase of the moon, or the tides. None at all. What strange `insights' would move a person to say something so absurd? If you don't know what you're talking about then please don't talk at all! `time-tested rule of thumb ...', that's really rich! Sorry folks, I couldn't let this pass ... Richard
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