 Enable large system cache
| Operating system |
window 2000 \ XP \Me \ 2003 |
| Category |
Memory Management |
File system cache is An area of physical memory that holds frequently-used pages. It allows applications and services to locate pages rapidly and reduces disk activity. This tweak Determines whether the system maintains a standard size or a large size file system cache, and influences how often the system writes changed pages to disk.
Increasing the size of the file system cache generally improves server performance, but it reduces the physical memory space available to applications and services. Similarly, writing system data less frequently minimizes use of the disk subsystem, but the changed pages occupy memory that might otherwise be used by applications.
 Operating System Windows 2000 / XP / 2003
- Open your Registry
- Go to Hkey_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
- Create or Modify existing dword value called "LargeSystemCache"
- set value as amount of memory in kb.
- restart windows for setting to take effect.
Below given is a technical details for values
| Value |
Meaning |
| 0 |
Establishes a standard size file system cache of approximately 8 MB. The system allows changed pages to remain in physical memory until the number of available pages drops to approximately 1000. This setting is recommended for servers running applications that do their own memory caching, such as Microsoft SQL Server, and for applications that perform best with ample memory, such as Internet Information Services. |
| 1 |
Establishes a large system cache working set that can expand to physical memory, minus 4 MB, if needed. The system allows changed pages to remain in physical memory until the number of available pages drops to approximately 250. This setting is recommended for most computers running Windows 2000 Server on large networks. |
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