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by einstein1969
Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

Thanks, I'm using the 4KB block and have set up a 4GB cache to get started. There is a problem. I've done a few reboots but the cache hit ratio remains at around 60%. Before it was like unlocked and it had reached about 85%, now it seems fixed at 60%. How can I solve? https://i.imgur.com/Y5HqpXa.png
by einstein1969
Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:04 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

Thank you for your answers. I realize that my questions are very difficult. I update you. I don't know how but I did other reboots and things suddenly changed at some point. From 55% it jumped to 85% of Hit. :? I then changed the blocksize. Now I am using 16KB blocks for the cache to keep the overhe...
by einstein1969
Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

I have tried to search for write-cycles for my flash drives but without success. I did a test on all of them and I saw that the startup speed (from the bios logo to the desktop appearance) remains unchanged (1:18) which for me is a good speed. I also measured the boot time plus the loading of a game...
by einstein1969
Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:47 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

As InquiringMind and Jaga suggested, replacing your disk with an SSD is your best option. The flash drives you used for level-2 cache are too slow. Only Sandisk Ultra Fit usb device meets the requirement just under the wire. If you still want to use pen drives, you may turn off the defer-write and ...
by einstein1969
Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:25 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

I'm seeing ... USB 3.0 is required (I have it), it's just too expensive.

I tried to see in my country and on amazon they only have one but it costs 324 € (377$) + 3.5 € transport :shock:
by einstein1969
Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:10 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

Pen drives can be used as level-2 cache. However, usually pen drives have limited write lifespan, they are not recommended. Could you open your PrimoCache, choose/highlight the target volume item in the main dialog, and then make a screenshot of the PrimoCache main dialog? We'd like to see how your...
by einstein1969
Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

These are just the flash drives I have. On some the warranty is 10 years, but even if they last me 1-2 year it's okay if the speed gained is high. https://i.imgur.com/1GIOdr2l.png It would be nice to know which configuration parameters can help (in relation to the speed lost / gained) to increase li...
by einstein1969
Wed Oct 20, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

Re: How to choice best device for caching. and others...

Welcome to the forums, Einstein1969 PrimoCache offers 2 types of caching - L1 uses RAM and is the fastest (though it will overlap with Windows' own file cache). L2 needs an SSD and should only be used for speeding up HDDs. In your case, you don't appear to have enough memory to be able to benefit m...
by einstein1969
Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:46 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to choice best device for caching. and others...
Replies: 19
Views: 9526

How to choice best device for caching. and others...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm italian. I found this software and I'm trying if he is right for my PC. I'm trying Primocache version 4.1.0. I read the documentation and some threads in the forum. I am having some problems in the first choices of the devices to be used and the configuration of the so...