Jan 12, 2004 #1 C coldfusion21 Limp Gawd Joined Mar 13, 2003 Messages 278 when taking about HDD is the cache the same as the buffer? and will you notice the difference between a 2 mb buffer and 8 mb buffer?
when taking about HDD is the cache the same as the buffer? and will you notice the difference between a 2 mb buffer and 8 mb buffer?
Jan 12, 2004 #2 S Snugglebear [H]F Junkie Joined Apr 25, 2001 Messages 11,436 In essence, yes. Just be warned that ATA units will load their firmware into the cache and thus shrink the size usable for data by about half a meg.
In essence, yes. Just be warned that ATA units will load their firmware into the cache and thus shrink the size usable for data by about half a meg.
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