Switched browser cache from disk (SSD) to RAM, about:cache still displaying in disk too
Hi,
Talking briefly about the size of games nowadays and SSD, i checked some stuff and saw Firefox writing 4.5 Mo/s (= MB/s). I wanted to see what that was, and saw it's mainly firefox cache. From there i searched and found a few sites suggesting and showing the settings to change to switch from disk cache to RAM cache. I did so since i've enough free RAM from a little while now. Changed settings (in about:config):
- browser.cache.disk.enable from true to false
- browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl from true to false
browser.cache.memory.enable was already on true and browser.cache.memory.capacity on -1 (not sure it's the best setting, only displaying 32768 KiB in about:cache... Any insight appreciated).
The concern: Cf. title, about:cache is still displaying the cache is also on disk, while i don't see writings being done related to the cache on the SSD. Is it just a display error in this configuration, or is there something else? If it's an error, i guess i should report it if it's not already done on the appropriate platform after.
Also, i hope the 4.5 Mo/s was just a peak, because if it's constantly like that if you've Twitch opened for instance, that's a major issue. On a SSD like the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB with its small TBW of 75, that's slightly less than 193 full days.
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Well, in case anyone wonders, it has been reported 7 years ago apparently, i should have searched over there before.
The answer as to why it's like that is because internally "disk cache" includes by default "memory cache". The result is a slightly irrelevant about:cache page.
I'll close the thread then as the only answer that can be given from there is the minor issue being handled.
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Didn't you notice that there is no location mentioned for the disk cache just as for the other two caches ?
- Storage disk location: none, only stored in memory
@Cor-el: I did notice, but the data is still wrong so i'm wondering why.
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Well, in case anyone wonders, it has been reported 7 years ago apparently, i should have searched over there before.
The answer as to why it's like that is because internally "disk cache" includes by default "memory cache". The result is a slightly irrelevant about:cache page.
I'll close the thread then as the only answer that can be given from there is the minor issue being handled.
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