Netscape cache files

[TMGB]

I tend to set my office PC and public PCs to 1 or 2 meg memory cache and no
disk cache.  I am using Communicator 4.04 and the public PCs are Navigator
4.0.  If you have a slower network you may want to set a disk cache.

Thomas


C. White wrote:

> I would like to hear what other libraries are doing with their Netscape
> cache files. There is some feeling in our agency that cache needs to be
> emptied frequently and continually. We use Netscape 3 with Windows95 on
> Pentium 166 computers with 2G hard drives. We have protected our public
> access computers with Full Armor which precludes the public from
> accessing the cache files to see what's in them, but some people here
> feel that you have to empty cache to enhance performance. Is this an
> issue or not?
>
> Is there a problem with setting both the memory cache and the disk cache
> to 0? Would you recommend it or not?
>
> Colleen White
> Ventura County (CA) Library Services Agency



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