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Disable Last Access Timestamp in Windows will affect Cache Hit Rate ?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:18 am
by moxuanyuan
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
“NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate”=dword:00000001

I use this setting in win 10 to disable last access timestamp,will affect Cache Hit Rate ?

Re: Disable Last Access Timestamp in Windows will affect Cache Hit Rate ?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:26 pm
by Support
No, will not.

Re: Disable Last Access Timestamp in Windows will affect Cache Hit Rate ?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:27 pm
by anocs
Good question... AFAIK the answer is no as in FAQ:
PrimoCache is a block-level cache program which caches data on a logical block basis (offsets within a disk), while windows cache is a file-system level program which caches on a virtual block basis (offsets within a file).