AmigaOS 4.0 - About OS4 - Commands
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ADDBUFFERS adds <n> buffers to the list of buffers available for the specified
<drive>. A buffer is a temporary storage area in memory. Allocating additional buffers makes disk
access significantly faster. However, each additional buffer reduces free memory by approximately 500 bytes. The default buffer allocation is 5 for
floppy drives and usually 30 for hard disks, although 500 is recommended for the latter.
The number of buffers you should add depends on the amount of extra memory available. There is no fixed upper limit, but adding too many buffers can actually reduce overall system performance by taking RAM away from other system functions. If a negative number is specified, that many buffers are subtracted from the current allocation. The minimum number of buffers is one; however, using only one is not recommended. 30 buffers are generally recommended for a floppy drive, while the optimum number for a hard drive partition depends on the type and size of the partition. Usually you should use the default value recommended by the Media Toolbox program or the AmigaOS 4.0 installation instructions. As a general rule, you can use 30 to 50 buffers for every megabyte of RAM in your system. If only the <drive> argument is specified, ADDBUFFERS displays the number of buffers currently allocated for that drive. Example 1: DF0: has 5 buffers Example 2: DF1: has 30 buffers
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