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OPTI-CACHE

Eliminate I/O Bottlenecks with OPTI-CACHE

In recent years, processor speed and disk capacity have vastly increased. But these innovations only go so far, since it still takes too long to access data on disk. As you know too well, I/O is the major bottleneck in VSE systems. When a job or application puts demands on the I/O subsystem, you get sluggish response times and long run-times.

Finally, there is a solution to I/O bottlenecks: Barnard Software's OPTI-CACHE. This revolutionary product provides software and hardware cache management at the dataset and volume level, for optimal performance and flexibility. OPTI-CACHE's intelligent cache management means that I/O requests can complete in a fraction of the time they previously took. The result: much faster response times and reduced batch execution times.

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OPTI-CACHE Fact Sheet
OPTI-CACHE at Pamida, Inc. User Story
OPTI-CACHE at Rolamentos Schaeffler Do Brasil Ltda. User Story
Introduction to Caching
Caching in a VSE Environment
The Myth & Reality of VSE/ESA 2.1 Performance
OPTI-CACHE Fix List