Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-09-02 Thread MrSinatra
in my exp, it is not a placebo effect. i noticed a big difference both in faster scanning, and responsiveness. i mean, there is no question in my mind that artwork loaded faster in the webui, clicks were quickly responded to, etc. a third option where mem allocation equals DB size sounds good

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-09-02 Thread Wirrunna
Further observations. Squeezebox.db - 276,247Kb, Cache Size and Default cache size set to 300,000. Library 107,781 tracks, 9273 albums, 3420 artists. WIN XP SP3, 4Gb Ram, E5200 dual core @ 2.5GHz. SBS Version: 7.6.0 - r31275 Ran a Look for new changed music scan, browsed by Artists, Albums and

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-09-01 Thread MrSinatra
whether it is MySQL or SQLite, it seems to me that all the settings would be best set by some kind of auto tuner. surely there is some script out there that could benchmark your cpu, ram, hard disk speeds, and so on and then take into account your library size, art settings, etc... and determine

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-31 Thread Wirrunna
andyg;571278 Wrote: On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:47 PM, copperstate wrote: Setting the Performance/Database Memory Config entry to High whilst using MySQL does not work: Oops, I forgot to check the file in. :) andyg, is this in yet? Does it make a permanent change or just set these

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-31 Thread Andy Grundman
On Aug 31, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Wirrunna wrote: andyg;571278 Wrote: On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:47 PM, copperstate wrote: Setting the Performance/Database Memory Config entry to High whilst using MySQL does not work: Oops, I forgot to check the file in. :) andyg, is this in yet? Does it

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-31 Thread JJZolx
I just enabled this in 7.6.0 running on Windows Server 2003 and the memory usage of the server goes up significantly (then plateaus) as you browse around Albums. Memory usage for the 7.6.0 himem server is about 126 MB, while a comparably configured 7.5.2 server using MySQL is at 101 MB. I can't

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-31 Thread Andy Grundman
On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:19 PM, JJZolx wrote: I just enabled this in 7.6.0 running on Windows Server 2003 and the memory usage of the server goes up significantly (then plateaus) as you browse around Albums. Memory usage for the 7.6.0 himem server is about 126 MB, while a comparably

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-31 Thread Wirrunna
andyg;573494 Wrote: It's not permanent in the database, but only at runtime, i.e. the pragmas are set every time you start the server. andyg, thank you for that explanation. A bit of experimenting showed that if a user wants SBS to use unnecessarily large amounts of memory then do NOT set

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-24 Thread pallfreeman
I checked out 7.6 31254 and had a go with the dbhighmem setting. Searches are much quicker, and so far my SliMP3 hasn't glitched when I search during playback. I'm using SQLite. Colour me happy. -- pallfreeman They only want you when you're seventeen, When you're twenty one, you're no fun.

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread Wirrunna
Couldn't resist trying this out. Ran a clear rescan on my workstation, then set cache size to 10 (andyg is always conservative with his settings) and ran the clear and rescan again for a 16 minute reduction in elapsed time. Cut paste attached. Win XP. A google for SQLite optimization

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread Mnyb
Yep there be settings soon, they are in the 7.6 onebrowser branch . Maybe soon they are in the 7.6 beta ? then I try :) -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread Andy Grundman
On Aug 22, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Wirrunna wrote: Couldn't resist trying this out. Ran a clear rescan on my workstation, then set cache size to 10 (andyg is always conservative with his settings) and ran the clear and rescan again for a 16 minute reduction in elapsed time. Cut paste

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread andyg
Wirrunna;571043 Wrote: Couldn't resist trying this out. Ran a clear rescan on my workstation, then set cache size to 10 (andyg is always conservative with his settings) and ran the clear and rescan again for a 16 minute reduction in elapsed time. Cut paste attached. Win XP. A google

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread Wirrunna
andyg; Wrote: Default pragmas are: PRAGMA synchronous = OFF PRAGMA journal_mode = MEMORY PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON PRAGMA locking_mode = EXCLUSIVE With the highmem pref enabled you also get: PRAGMA cache_size = 2 (default is 2000) PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY Andyg, thank you

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread copperstate
Setting the Performance/Database Memory Config entry to High whilst using MySQL does not work: Code: [10-08-23 01:28:12.4623] Slim::Utils::MySQLHelper::createConfig (177) Warning: Couldn't open

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-22 Thread Andy Grundman
On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:47 PM, copperstate wrote: Setting the Performance/Database Memory Config entry to High whilst using MySQL does not work: Oops, I forgot to check the file in. :) ___ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-21 Thread pallfreeman
Mnyb;570748 Wrote: Can increased performance be a setting in sbs ? I bet there are other parameters too :) Squeezebox Server Enterprise Edition: cache everything you can, multithreaded to use multiple CPUs, scan several files from the library at once to make use of those RAIDs... I wish I

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-19 Thread pallfreeman
andyg;570141 Wrote: SQLite has parameters to keep more of the database in memory, if you want to use the CLI you can set them That's pretty much exactly what I wanted. Thanks! -- pallfreeman pallfreeman's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-19 Thread Mnyb
How do I use this info practically, my server does nothing but sbs and have 1gB of ram running rpm linux, thanks . CLI huh ? I suppose I just can't type pragma cache_size=1 at any shell and be hapy :) Id love to have sbs use more of my ram say 512mB if it would make it faster This is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-19 Thread Andy Grundman
All I can say is read the docs and experiment, I haven't played with these settings myself. CLI is: telnet server 9090 Also note that you'll probably have to apply these every time you restart SBS, although some may be saved in the database itself. I will also probably add a way to get the

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-19 Thread Mnyb
Ok telnet, will try there is a default cache size too -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-18 Thread andyg
SQLite has parameters to keep more of the database in memory, if you want to use the CLI you can set them: Docs here: http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html To set a pragma over CLI just run: pragma cache_size=1 -- andyg

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.6 memory usage

2010-08-18 Thread JJZolx
My server is currently at 102MB for 7.5.2 and 94MB for 7.6.0. MySQL is stretchin' out at 252 MB. :) I have most of the default plugins disabled on both servers and no third party plugins installed. I think I've only seen memory usage above 120 MB when there's either a memory leak in the main