Questions tagged [cache]
An intermediate data storage area with high performance but limited capacity. The term "cache" can refer to hardware cache (on a processor) or software cache (which stores commonly used values in a computer's memory).
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Automatic "cache-like" cleanup for Linux
We regularly run into the same kind of problem:
Some program uses a certain directory/mount for caching.
The program either has some tidy up mechanism, or provides a service for this, or tells the ...
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What is the purpose of a large disk cache if the page cache is always larger?
Hard drives use onboard RAM as a cache, up to a few hundred megabytes on high-capacity drives. I can see how a small buffer would be necessary to match the raw read speed to the speed of the SATA/SAS ...
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LVM cached volume in writethrough mode flushes when uncached
I’m working with an LVM logical volume, which is cached by a faster LV. The setup is dm-cache, writethrough mode, smq policy.
Now I’m trying to uncache it and I’m seeing it’s flushing a lot of blocks.
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Recovery of a ChatGPT conversation
I accidentally deleted an important ChatGPT chat. The chat was also open in the Microsoft Store app on Windows, so I still have some cached files and I found some mostly transcribed text stored in ...
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how to query a field for all inputs?
This use to be more common, and something i never understood. Sometimes, when clicking in a field on a site; the field will put the terms, keywords &or phrases into what i can only think of as ...
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Is there a way to force Windows to cache network files locally?
I often run Windows guest VMs under VMware Workstation Pro and VirtualBox. On my Windows host, I have a set of small .cmd scripts, some of which (low-level ones) set up unified execution environment, ...
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Windows write caching. Disabling it doesn't appear to do anything?
In device manager, the policies for the drives have the "Enable write caching on the device" option UNCHECKED. The server was rebooted after changing these values. Writing data to disk ...
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Is there a way to cache in memory for recently accessed files
So i'm running an ubuntu server as home server with medias such as movies and so on. So i am wondering whether it's possible to make the file cached in the memory in my server when accessed so that my ...
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How to funnel local network traffic through local cache proxy?
Sorry if this might seem obvious but I can't seem to figure how to set this up.
I would like all devices connected to my local network and accessing Internet to do so through a local cache proxy which ...
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External HDD slowdown due to internal cache issue?
Running an rsync backup from Win10 internal 8T disk onto external 2.5inch 4T disk via USB3. Expected copy volume >2T. After about 500G the Win10 taskmanager performance tab shows the receiving disk ...
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Possible to create temp file without write back on close?
I'm trying to use a temp file with a pattern of "write then read". The size would exceed memory limit so decided to put it in local disk, while still benefiting from the speed enchancements ...
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Is a router's DNS cache shared among all users?
Following a recent question about router DNS caches, I am wondering something else:
Let’s say Bob and Alice share a LAN whose router has local DNS caching.
Bob visits a new domain, which gets ...
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Lost Chrome Tabs After Hibernate – Restore Option Not Working, Cached Data Concerns
I’ve run into a problem with Google Chrome on my Windows 11 laptop and could use some advice.
The Situation:
I had multiple Chrome windows open, with many pinned tabs. These tabs were mainly pinned to ...
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Applications take a few seconds to open, but only the first time I open them
I'm not even sure what to call it. Whenever I launch a new application for the first time, it takes a few seconds to open. But then if I close and re-open the program it only takes a fraction of a ...
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How to retrieve direct URL requests from the Windows Taskbar?
How can I monitor all of the URL requests inside of the Windows taskbar that are requesting for direct file links? For example, when the date changes, and the Search Highlights image changes to the ...
