Why not turn indexing off for it? I used to make sure it never indexed source or compiled output files
On Thu, May 23, 2019, 17:44 David Rhys Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I use onedrive, with the save space and download files as you use them. I > also limit the amount of bandwidth it's using. I've not experienced the > same issues that you have. > My git repository is in my onedrive folder which is a bit bigger than your > set up, > > Regards > Davy > > > > *... .. / .... --- -.-. / .-.. . --. . .-. . / ... -.-. .. ... / -. .. -- > .. ..- -- / . .-. ..- -.. .. - .. --- -. .. ... / .... .- -... . ... .-.-.-* > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 9:38 AM Greg Harris < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Sorry, this is a bit of a long rambling request for advice on using or >> replacing dropbox due to performance reasons with a large number of files >> (about 0.5M+ files). >> >> I used to be a huge supporter of dropbox. It used to just work and was >> reasonably responsive. Then it just stopped working for me last year. >> >> I think this may have been around the time when the OS updates were made >> for Spectre and Meltdown Security Flaw. The drop in effective performance >> of the CPU may have pushed the machine below the capacity to run the >> software??? >> >> I attempted to get some help from dropbox but that was a huge waste of >> time. >> >> I have now just got around to looking at alternatives. >> >> The first one I tried was One Drive. Because I am in a Microsoft setup, >> One Drive was the first logical choice. >> >> My current One Drive setup has 283K files in 105K folders with 70GB in >> the cloud and 27GB on the local machine. >> >> With One Drive in use, I have noticed the “One Drive Sync Engine” along >> with the “Windows Search Indexer” tasks running all the time, pushing up >> the CPU usage and the fans on the system are running to cool it down (which >> beforehand never happened). It is somewhat clever enough to know when >> there is interactive use and push the priority of the task down. But if I >> go away from my desk for a few minutes the task is taking a lot of CPU and >> the fans are running again. >> >> What I am looking for in a dropbox alternative is: >> >> 1. Reasonable performance >> >> 2. Online backup of working files >> >> 3. Reasonable price (yes I will pay for it) >> >> I think that my options are: >> >> 1. https://www.dropbox.com – Should I go back and try again???? >> >> 2. https://onedrive.live.com/ - Are the problems I am having >> consistent with your experience? >> >> 3. https://www.google.com/drive/ >> >> 4. https://www.box.com/ >> >> 5. Other >> >> I am running an old Intel Xeon 2.8GHz with 32 GB RAM as the base machine >> with a 3 core 10 GB VM inside it as my primary work horse machine. >> >> It has been clear the Moore’s law has died in the last five years, so I >> have seen no clear and present need to upgrade this machine. I am thinking >> that may be wrong, do I just need a new machine??? >> >> >> Thanks for your help on this :-) >> >> >> Greg Harris >> Harris Consulting Group Pty Ltd >> [email protected] >> www.HarrisConsultingGroup.com <http://harrisconsultinggroup.com/home.htm> >> phone: (international) +61 407 942 982 >> phone: (within Australia) 0407 942 982 >> Sydney >> Australia >> >
