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Object Cache

The object cache is the number of unreferenced objects kept in memory during any process or active utility. This value applies to the entire CSE. In general, the smaller the object cache, the slower the processing speed, but the lower the memory requirements for the CSE process. With higher object caches, processing speed is increased and so is memory use. If the object cache is set too high, paging of memory can occur, degrading performance.

The paging of objects out of memory to disk is a function of a Least Recently Used (LRU) algorithm. The object cache is sometimes known as the LRU cache because the object cache value indicates the number of unreferenced objects to be held in memory before invoking the LRU algorithm to release objects. The default value for the object cache is 100,000.

Note: Only the Encyclopedia Administrator is authorized to change the object cache value.