PrimoCache也有預裝cache的功能了。又查了點資料,知道了這個軟件與WINDOWS自己的CACHE功能有些重疊。
當然,測磁盤速度的軟件測出的結果,隻是代表那點抽樣數據的速度,不能反應磁盤的整體性能。
這是別人總結的幾點有別於WINDOWS CACHE的地方。(一行是賣點,另外一行是反駁的意見)
- Some applications can bypass Windows cache but cannot bypass PrimoCache because PrimoCache runs at a lower level in Windows.
So an application is written to bypass cache for data safety, but let's stick it in RAM anyway because screw data protection.
- Windows caches all data, while PrimoCache can cache on behalf of a specified volume in which users are interested. Given same size of system memory, the latter has a higher hit-rate.
Windows is not going to cache stuff that people don't request or that isn't needed for the OS.
- PrimoCache supports persistent SSD caching for mechanical hard disks, improving system boot-up time and applications loading time. Windows cache cannot.
Storage Spaces.
- PrimoCache can customize write-deferred mode, while Windows cache cannot.
See first point.
- PrimoCache can make use of Invisible Memory on 32-bit Windows as cache, overcoming the Windows limits on amount of system memory.