Setting Caching Preferences

Use the Caching tab to set preferences for caching:

Attribute Cache

You can enable caching of file attributes (such as file size and modification time) which do not change often. Caching these attributes improves NFS performance. Use the drop-down lists to adjust the rates at which the attributes are updated. A smaller interval assures earlier detection that a file or folder has been modified by someone else. A larger interval improves performance by decreasing the frequency of NFS reads.

Data Cache

You can enable caching of previously read files in memory. Data caching can improve NFS Client file access time if your computer has free memory available. Read-write cache size (in Kbytes) determines how much memory the cache can use. The default setting, Automatic, allows NFS Client to select a value based on the free memory available.

File Name Cache

Specify how many mappings of long file names to DOS 8.3 file names can be stored in the file name cache. This cache is necessary for applications that do not support long file names.

Another cache setting can be changed through the Registry only. If you see slow performance when accessing files in a directory with a large number of files (more than 256), you may want to increase the number of entries in the Directory Name Lookup Cache. For information about registry entries, see the Solstice Network Client Administration and Maintenance Guide.