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goodSuM
Posts: 1,074
Registered: ‎07-06-2009

Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

I'm at 12, but every once in a while, I hit that point where I have to redownload a spot I go to a lot, and then it trickles down to all my spaces until I leave one or two out.  And now with a lot of big spaces coming out (Home Tycoon, Mercia...) it's getting harder to keep all of the many spaces I go to in check.

 

Does anyone else have the same thing?



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MiSharona
Posts: 51
Registered: ‎04-27-2012

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

Yes I had this problem yesterday after downloading tycoon. Had to download X7 four times yesterday.

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Miss_Ann_Thrope
Posts: 225
Registered: ‎11-27-2009

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

You might want to read at least the original post on this thread:

 

http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-Home/The-Truth-About-Load-Times-Storage-and-Your-...

 

For the record, I used to have 12GB cache setup and while it worked for a while performance suffered to the point where I could not load spaces.  I'd have to clear the cache and it would work again until I could not load spaces again.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

I since moved down to 3GB, and I had no problems with loading spaces but often got a disconnect.  Now I'm at 5GB, and I'd never had a problem with long term loading of spaces and if I get disconnected its probably related to something other than appropriate cache size.

 

Don't necessarily believe the hype about cache.

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Joanna_Dark_
Posts: 24,799
Registered: ‎05-21-2009

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

I believe I'm using a 5GB cache and it works fine for me. I don't mind downloading less frequently used spaces when I go to them.

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logicbomb_DE
Posts: 118
Registered: ‎12-27-2011

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

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A 3 GB cache size will also shrink your Cache Repair time to 2 minutes rather than the usual 8 minutes with a 12 GB cache.

 



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Bobsfed
Posts: 1,692
Registered: ‎07-18-2012

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?


Joanna_Dark_ wrote:

I believe I'm using a 5GB cache and it works fine for me. I don't mind downloading less frequently used spaces when I go to them.


That's what I've been using too Joanna, 5GB. And I haven't had any problems neither. I saw the option to increase the cache size but wasn't sure what the right size would be, so I just put it at 5GB.

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Bobsfed
Posts: 1,692
Registered: ‎07-18-2012

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

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logicbomb_DE wrote:

A 3 GB cache size will also shrink your Cache Repair time to 2 minutes rather than the usual 8 minutes with a 12 GB cache.

 


Actually logicbomb when I increased my cache size  from 3GB to 5GB, I actually found the cache repair took less time than before.

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LunarEmerald
Posts: 1,547
Registered: ‎08-07-2011

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

I use the 12 GB cache and repair takes maybe 2 minutes.

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Brises_0000
Posts: 1,238
Registered: ‎02-13-2010

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

I used 12 a while ago, but the initial loading time of home was significantly longer, so I went back to 3. Home loads faster and I don't visit so many spaces that downloading becomes inconvenient. I clear cache once per week anyway, so I have to re dl everything then.

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LunarEmerald
Posts: 1,547
Registered: ‎08-07-2011

Re: Can we have the option for a bigger cache size?

For region hoppers: Playstation Home shares its cache with all accounts on the system. If you visit multiple regions then you need more space or you'll be redownloading a lot.

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