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browser cache

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the1dea
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I noticed that I can only raise my browser cache 1024mb. Is there a way to raise my cache higher? I have over 6TB of hard drive space and 16Gb of RAM. I am asking this question based upon a question given in a college class room environment.

slow connections – increase the size of the browser cache, change frequency with which the browser compares cached pages to those on the web, disable image loading, browser cache size – IBF p3-35 to 3-39

I noticed that I can only raise my browser cache 1024mb. Is there a way to raise my cache higher? I have over 6TB of hard drive space and 16Gb of RAM. I am asking this question based upon a question given in a college class room environment. slow connections – increase the size of the browser cache, change frequency with which the browser compares cached pages to those on the web, disable image loading, browser cache size – IBF p3-35 to 3-39

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m-wynn
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  1. type about:config in the address bar and hit enter.
  2. Accept the warning.
  3. In the Filter box, type browser.cache.disk
  4. Make sure Browser.cache.disk.enable is set to true
  5. Adjust browser.cache.disk.capacity to your desired hard-drive cache space in KB
cor-el
cor-el
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See http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/netwerk/cache/nsCacheService.cpp#560

We set a lower bound of 50MB and an upper bound of 1GB.
the1dea
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Great answers Matt2 & Cor-el! Just what I was looking for. Thank You!

Modified by the1dea