diff --git a/htroot/htdocsdefault/welcome.java b/htroot/htdocsdefault/welcome.java
index 0453968b4..e81967b65 100644
--- a/htroot/htdocsdefault/welcome.java
+++ b/htroot/htdocsdefault/welcome.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import de.anomic.server.serverCore;
 import de.anomic.server.serverObjects;
 import de.anomic.server.serverSwitch;
 import de.anomic.yacy.yacyCore;
+import de.anomic.yacy.yacySeed;
 
 public class welcome {
 
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ public class welcome {
         prop.put("port", env.getConfig("port", "8080"));
         prop.put("clientip", header.get("CLIENTIP", ""));
 
-        final String peertype = (yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed == null) ? serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR : yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.get(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_VIRGIN);
-        final boolean senior = (peertype.equals(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_SENIOR)) || (peertype.equals(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL));
+        final String peertype = (yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed == null) ? yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR : yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_VIRGIN);
+        final boolean senior = (peertype.equals(yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR)) || (peertype.equals(yacySeed.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL));
         if (senior) { prop.put("couldcan", "can"); } else { prop.put("couldcan", "could"); }
         if (senior) { prop.put("seniorinfo", "This peer runs in senior mode which means that your peer can be accessed using the addresses shown above."); } else { prop.put("seniorinfo", "<b>Nobody can access your peer from the outside of your intranet. You must open your firewall and/or set a 'virtual server' in the settings of your router to enable access to the addresses as shown below.</b>"); }
         prop.put("wwwpath", "<application_root_path>/" + env.getConfig("htDocsPath", "DATA/HTDOCS"));
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/hello.java b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
index 557ac88be..04dc1806a 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/hello.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class hello {
         // we easily know the caller's IP:
         final String clientip = (String) header.get("CLIENTIP", "<unknown>"); // read an artificial header addendum
         final String reportedip = remoteSeed.get(STR_IP, "");
-        final String reportedPeerType = remoteSeed.get(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
+        final String reportedPeerType = remoteSeed.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
         final float clientversion = remoteSeed.getVersion();
 
         int urls = -1;
@@ -139,22 +139,22 @@ public class hello {
 
         // assign status
         if (urls >= 0) {
-            if (remoteSeed.get(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_SENIOR) == null) {
-                prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
-                remoteSeed.put(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
-            } else if (remoteSeed.get(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL).equals(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL)) {
-                prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL);
+            if (remoteSeed.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR) == null) {
+                prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
+                remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
+            } else if (remoteSeed.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL).equals(yacySeed.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL)) {
+                prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL);
             } else {
-                prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
-                remoteSeed.put(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
+                prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
+                remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR);
             }
             // connect the seed
             yacyCore.peerActions.peerArrival(remoteSeed, true);
         } else {
-            prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
+            prop.put(STR_YOURTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
             remoteSeed.put(STR_LASTSEEN, yacyCore.universalDateShortString());
             yacyCore.peerActions.juniorConnects++; // update statistics
-            remoteSeed.put(serverSwitch.PEERTYPE, serverSwitch.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
+            remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
             yacyCore.log.logInfo("hello: responded remote junior peer '" + remoteSeed.getName() + "' from " + reportedip);
             // no connection here, instead store junior in connection cache
             if ((remoteSeed.hash != null) && (remoteSeed.isProper() == null)) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java
index 1fb3f9708..0275a92fe 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
 
 public interface serverSwitch {
 
-    public static final String PEERTYPE = "PeerType";
-    public static final String PEERTYPE_VIRGIN = "virgin";
-    public static final String PEERTYPE_JUNIOR = "junior";
-    public static final String PEERTYPE_SENIOR = "senior";
-    public static final String PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL = "principal";
-
     // the root path for the application
     public String getRootPath();
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
index 8469dbdd1..1d93ccb66 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ public class yacySeed {
     public static final String PEERTYPE_JUNIOR = "junior";
     public static final String PEERTYPE_SENIOR = "senior";
     public static final String PEERTYPE_PRINCIPAL = "principal";
-    
     public static final String PEERTYPE = "PeerType";
     
     // class variables
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 1c9832a38..544d75238 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -437,23 +437,23 @@ xpstopw=true
 
 # ram cache for database files
 
-# ram cache for assortment cache cluster (for all 50 files)
+# ram cache for assortment cache cluster (for all 64 files)
 ramCacheRWI     =  8388608
 
 # ram cache for responseHeader.db
-ramCacheHTTP    =  1048576
+ramCacheHTTP    =  4194304
 
 # ram cache for urlHash.db
 ramCacheLURL    =  4194304
 
 # ram cache for urlNotice.db
-ramCacheNURL    =   524288
+ramCacheNURL    =  4194304
 
 # ram cache for urlErr.db 
-ramCacheEURL    =   131072
+ramCacheEURL    =     8192
 
 # ram cache for seedDBs
-ramCacheDHT     =   131072
+ramCacheDHT     =     8192
 
 # ram cache for message.db
 ramCacheMessage =     8192