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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Forcing buffer cache to use available memory
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Peter Schuller wrote:
> Is there a way to force the buffer cache to be more aggressive when
> caching reads? Or even just plain force a certain number of megabytes
> to be dedicated to the buffer cache?

You want to adjust the vfs.read_max sysctl, I believe, or the vfs.maxbufspace 
for your second question.  "sysctl -d vfs" is likely to be informative....

-- 
-Chuck