Windows Cache Management

Introduction

CacheBoost optimizes the System Cache-Management of Windows XP/2000/NT and upcoming Windows .Net Servers. This results in an best performance boost - without any new hardware, any hardware tweak, and without restricting your system's stability. Our tests have shown that performance is doubled. Simply install CacheBoost and you are ready to go. No special configuration or rebooting is needed thus your system's stability is not affected. Within minutes you activate unused resources of your Windows XP/NT/2000 and Windows .Net systems.

Above image how data is read and written to disk using System Cache.

How Windows uses its Cache?

Windows uses system cache which normally improves the speed of accessing files. System cache is part of system memory reserved by windows for its caching needs. The purpose of cache is to store data temporarily to improve performance. When a file is read from disk it is store in system cache. If there is another read request for the same file, windows can retrieves it from the faster system cache memory, instead of reading it again from the slower hard disk. Windows accesses your hard disk for reading and writing through its integrated System Cache Management.

Problems with Windows Cache

Unfortunately, Windows XP/NT/2000 file caching shows a misbehavior when handling large files and small files. Performance begin to erode as file is opened and closed. Windows allocates main memory for the cache as and when necessary. After some time there are less and less memory resources available for running applications and big bloated cache. If applications request new memory, the system will be forced to swap out currently unused memory areas into the paging file, thus requiring read/write access to the hard disk. This read write access also cached by Windows. This paradox situation leads to a dramatic decrease in system performance, caused by the file caching, which slows down your machine instead of making it faster.

How CacheBoost solves the problem

Till now, the user could neither control windows behavior nor adjust windows cache to its personal needs with the only choice of restarting the system after some time. CacheBoost solves this problem by taking control over the resource management for file caching and applications. It prevents heavy system loading and with Memory Zipper engine inbuilt it guarantees free memory always available. CacheBoost is result of two years research on Windows Memory Management. CacheBoost is an Intellisense performance upgrade for Windows XP/2000/NT. Applications can now allocate memory without forcing windows to swap. This leads to a performance increase and to lower response times, especially if you are running many applications at the same time.

CacheBoost Requirements

CacheBoost is available in two versions, Professional and Enterprise edition. Professional edition is optimized for Windows XP/2000/NT workstation and professional versions. Enterprise edition is optimized for Servers also. It has extra features to bear the load of servers. No additional hardware or software is required. CacheBoost boost the Windows without any new hardware or software configuration changes. CacheBoost Installation must be done by an administrator or a user with administrative privileges. Once installed and configured, CacheBoost runs as a service in the background without affecting users' work or even letting user know that CacheBoost is running.