Xavier thanks for your comparison:
On So, 2012-12-09 at 11:03 +0100, Xavier Raynaud wrote: > Good morning, > > Are you using a very slow computer ? well, not exactly: model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2640M CPU @ 2.80G it may be a little slower than your, but then I have a Samsung 830 SSD which is as fast as it gets; but the import seems to be CPU bound. top run with 10sec intervals gives CPU usage of around 130%. > I imported ca. 45000 pictures in > darktable last week and it took less than 8 hours to import and index > everything. I cannot be more precise as I started the import before > going to work, and it was finished when I came back home. This was done > with an intel core 2 duo @ 3GHz with 2 Go of RAM. The pictures were on > an E-SATA external hard drive. I did not copy the files while > importing. same with me. But also 8 hours is not exactly something you would want to repeats easily. Parallel to importing DT is also doing reindexing. Was the the same with you? (not even sure what that does) maybe that can get switched of and done later? Eildert > > Hope this helps, > > Xavier. > > Le 9 déc. 2012 à 10:37, Eildert Groeneveld <[email protected]> > a écrit : > > > Good Morning Everyone, > > just a quick update on the import: > > darktable has meanwhile accummulated 1037:21 min that's more than > > 16hours and has thus far processed about 3/4 of the files. > > > > not very practical..... > > > > > > Eildert > > > > > > > > On Sa, 2012-12-08 at 21:42 +0100, Eildert Groeneveld wrote: > >> On Sa, 2012-12-08 at 20:58 +0100, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: > >>> Am 08.12.2012 19:26, schrieb Eildert Groeneveld: > >>>> Just to add: darktable died (actually the laptop did (maybe got too > >>>> hot?)) > >>>> > >>>> So I had to restart the import again. Diligently, DT started right from > >>>> the beginning again, 34754 images all over again... at the same time > >>>> reindexing some 12000 images. > >>>> > >>>> I wonder if it will go through this time. Likely to take more than > >>>> 15hours. > >>>> > >>>> no way to sped up things? > >>> > >>> That's certainly a special use case :) > >> > >> is this really so? > >> I am sure that there are lot of much bigger collections out there. > >> > >>> > >>> I wonder if we should have an option to load images into library > >>> *without* regenerating thumbs. Because that's what makes things slow. > >>> > >>> In the end only relatively few thumbs from such a huge collection will > >>> survive in mipmap cache. > >>> > >>> The cache will typically be too small to keep a huge portion of them. So > >>> we keep the cpu/gpu busy generating thumbs which are shortly after > >>> thrown out from the cache again. > >> > >> disconnecting the import from the thumbnail operation seems useful; this > >> would likely also a separate thumbnail recr. step which could then get > >> started at some convenient time. > >> > >> Eildert > >>> > >>> Ulrich > >>> > >>>> > >>>> greetings > >>>> > >>>> Eildert > >>>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > >>> Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > >>> Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > >>> Discover what IT Professionals Know. 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