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How can I configure the amount of IIS Cache?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
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A. By default InetInfo, the process responsible for WWW, FTP and Gopher uses a 3MB of cache for all of the services. This cache is used to store files in memory providing faster access than from disk. To change the amount of memory available for the cache perform the following:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesInetInfoParameters
From the Edit menu select New - DWord value
Enter a name of MemoryCacheSize and click Enter
Double click the new value and set to the amount of memory you wish to use for the cache in bytes, e.g. 5000000 for 5MB and click OK
Close the registry editor
Stop and start all IIS services
If you wish to disable caching set the value to 0 however this could have a serious effect on performance.
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