2017-01-31 6:35 GMT+02:00 David Lang <da...@lang.hm>: > On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, Risto Vaarandi wrote: > >> I am also considering raising the default value for the --blocksize >> option (it is currently 1024 which means that sec attempts to read >> from input files by 1KB blocks). Are there any objections if the >> default is raised to 8KB or 16KB? > > > I think 4K works well, larger may end up getting broken up by the OS in any > case. Any benchmarks showing improvement above 4K?
There is a slight improvement, but most of the performance benefits come from increasing the current 1KB default to 4KB. I'll conduct more tests with sec, but 4KB seems to be a good choice indeed. kind regards, risto > > David Lang ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Simple-evcorr-users mailing list Simple-evcorr-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/simple-evcorr-users
