The disk cache in OS X can sometimes use a fair amount of the system's RAM, and clearing it can help you figure out how much RAM your applications and system processes are using. Topher, an avid Mac ...

What is the “Disk Cache”? The disk cache is used to store disk information in RAM. Access to RAM is faster than the hard disk, so the information will be available more rapidly. How to increase the ...

Flash storage provides significantly more performance (IOPS and throughput) and lower latency than hard disk-based media. Of course, flash comes with a higher price tag – up to 10 times more than ...

With 2 gigs of physical memory and a ~1 gig commit charge, x64 XP's built in task manager reports that I have a system cache size of slightly over a gig. Ok, this makes sense, I suppose I've got a few ...