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Getting Started

Before Installing SuperCache 3 and SuperVolume

For the best results, SuperCache 3 and SuperVolume should be used on storage volumes which contain the "hottest" data. The hottest data are those most frequently accessed. Whenever possible, the hot data should be moved off a single, common storage volume (such as the one containing the operating system) and onto a separate volume.

Some applications do not support user-configurable locations, or do not support separating their hottest data. In these cases, volume mount points may be used to redirect accesses away from a single volume to separate accelerated volumes.

To maximize the benefits of SuperCache 3 and SuperVolume, carefully analyze the application requiring acceleration, and identify and characterize the hottest data stores. Then, if possible, isolate the hottest data in one or more separate volumes. Finally, use SuperCache 3 to accelerate volumes larger than available physical memory, or SuperVolume to accelerate volumes smaller than available physical memory.

If SuperCache 3 or SuperVolume is to be implemented in write-deferred mode, we strongly recommend attaching an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to the machine. In write-deferred mode, at any given moment, large amounts of disk data may have been written to RAM, but not yet to disk. If a power failure or system crash occurs, an unprotected system will loose all write data stored only in RAM.

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