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O&O CleverCache V6 is a unique
tool to optimize your File Cache Management in Windows XP,
Windows 2000, and Windows NT. This results in an enormous
performance boost, sometimes doubling your original system
speed without any new hardware purchase or restrictions to
your system's stability. Simply install O&O CleverCache V6
and you are ready to go! Additional configuration or
rebooting is not necessary. Within 5 minutes this software
will activate the unused resources of your Windows
XP/2000/NT system and show you what your hardware is capable
of!
O&O CleverCache V6.0
File caching is meant to improve the speed
of accessing files. When they are read again, the system can
retrieve them from the faster memory, instead of reading
from the slower hard disk. Windows accesses your hard disk
for reading and writing through its integrated File Cache
Management. Windows XP/2000/NT is not so efficient, however,
when managing the file cache on its own. It allocates main
memory for the file cache even when it is no longer
available for running applications. If applications request
new memory, the system is forced to swap out segments of
memory into the paging file located on the hard disk,
requiring time-consuming read/write access. Paradoxically,
in this situation file caching, meant to improve system
performance, actually leads to a dramatic decrease in system
performance by acting as a speed brake for your computer.
This is where O&O CleverCache V6.0 comes in and solves this
problem by instituting it own smarter cache management
system.O&O
CleverCache V6.0 solves this problem by taking control over
the resource management for file caching and applications.
It prevents heavy system loading and guarantees the
availability of a certain amount of memory. 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 and tend to switch between them quite often. Our tests
have shown that Windows systems are able to run twice as
fast when using O&O CleverCache - no matter if it is a
Server or Workstation.
The integration of O&O
CleverCache V6.0 in Windows is automatic. It runs as a
system service in the background and guards the allocation
of memory resources through its unique O&O AutoSense
technology. Every time your computer is booted, changes to
the system's memory configuration are detected and are
immediately taken accounted for. There is no need for the
user to configure O&O CleverCache. The administrator can use
an applet within the Control Panel to adjust settings
manually.How the
File Cache Reduces Memory Resources
The larger the file cache
grows, the less memory is available for running
applications. The result is a significant performance
decrease, as requests for memory can lead to the so-called
"swapping", i.e. currently unused portions of memory are
paged out to NT's paging file. The slow hard disk access is
responsible for the loss of performance of Windows XP,
Windows 2000, and Windows NT.
The figure above explains how O&O CleverCache V6.0 can help.
The graph describes the amount of available memory used when
a large file is loaded. The green graph is the memory
available on a system using O&O CleverCache, while the red
graph represents a system without this software installed.
As you can see, the usage of memory on the system without
O&O CleverCache is significantly higher than on the system
with O&O CleverCache. The level of the file cache is kept
constant after a certain amount of time, preserving memory
resources for other applications and preventing the above
mentioned swapping.
The optimum level for the file
cache is automatically determined by O&O CleverCache V6.0
and adjusted according to the available memory. Hidden
resources of your system will be activated without any need
for user interaction.
O&O AutoSense and User
Profiles
With O&O AutoSense O&O
CleverCache V6.0 offers you a pre-defined Profile that makes
using the software a breeze. The O&O AutoSense Profile
instructs your system to analyze your system's settings upon
ever system startup. Whenever changes to the main memory are
detected, O&O CleverCache V6.0 updates its settings
accordingly.
O&O CleverCache V6.0 enables you to create your own profile
according to your specific needs. This makes it possible to
load your specialized cache settings whenever you need them.
This could be, for instance, when you need to do some video
editing or play your favorite PC games. O&O CleverCache can
also import and export your profiles as you choose.
System Tuning and System
Monitor
The "System Tuning" feature in
O&O CleverCache V6.0 includes a number of functions that can
optimize or accelerate the operation of your operating
system. These functions give you access to system parameters
not granted by the standard tools offered in Windows.
Through the System Monitor it is possible to monitor the
more important components of your PC System. Among others,
this feature allows you to receive real-time status reports
on your processor, main memory, system cache, and the hard
disk.Even More
Performance with Mem-O-Free
O&O CleverCache V6.0 also
includes Mem-O-Free technology. Mem-O-Free gives you control
over the amount of available memory under Windows when the
system is running. Whenever the amount of free memory falls
below the user-defined threshold, Mem-O-Free will be
activated and free additional memory, forcing Windows to
swap unneeded data to the hard disk. The result is more
available memory for active applications and thus higher
performance.
Keeping Data Safe with Mem-O-Safe
When you save data to the hard
disk, they are not immediately written to disk, but buffered
in the internal file cache. After a certain amount of time,
these data are written to the disk. How long this takes is
determined by Windows, leaving users out the decision
process. Windows considers system load as well as other
parameters in determining the update interval, usually
between 4 and 15 seconds. If during this period a system
failure occurs, all data that has not been written to disk
is lost. Critical data may be lost, sometime necessitating a
re-installation of Windows. This situation often occurs
during a power failure, user error, or a system crash.
O&O CleverCache V6.0, with its Mem-O-Safe technology, lets
you control and configure the update interval of the file
cache on important file servers, for example, to minimize
possible losses of data. The configuration of the interval
can be changed through the O&O CleverCache V6 applet found
in the Control Panel. |
