Policy

Limit the BITS Peercache size

This policy setting limits the maximum amount of disk space that can be used for the BITS peer cache, as a percentage of the total system disk size. BITS will add files to the peer cache and make those files available to peers until the cache content reaches the specified cache size. By default, BITS will use 1 percent of the total system disk for the peercache. If you enable this policy setting, you can enter the percentage of disk space to be used for the BITS peer cache. You can enter a value between 1 percent and 80 percent. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default size of the BITS peer cache is 1 percent of the total system disk size. Note: This policy setting has no effect if the "Allow BITS peer caching" setting is disabled or not configured.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Network / Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Policy ID 6c4197ad93e4
Internal name BITS_MaxCacheSize

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\BITS\MaxCacheSize

Policy notes

This policy setting limits the maximum amount of disk space that can be used for the BITS peer cache, as a percentage of the total system disk size. BITS will add files to the peer cache and make those files available to peers until the cache content reaches the specified cache size. By default, BITS will use 1 percent of the total system disk for the peercache. If you enable this policy setting, you can enter the percentage of disk space to be used for the BITS peer cache. You can enter a value between 1 percent and 80 percent. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default size of the BITS peer cache is 1 percent of the total system disk size. Note: This policy setting has no effect if the "Allow BITS peer caching" setting is disabled or not configured.

Related policies

Allow BITS PeercachingDo not allow the BITS client to use Windows Branch CacheDo not allow the computer to act as a BITS Peercaching clientDo not allow the computer to act as a BITS Peercaching serverLimit the age of files in the BITS PeercacheLimit the maximum BITS job download timeLimit the maximum network bandwidth for BITS background transfers