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On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Toseland wrote: > On Monday 04 May 2009 21:21:50 Victor Denisov wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Since my node autoupdated to 1208, my system's performance degraded so >> much as to render it completely unusable while Freenet is running. I >> can't perform simplest tasks, such as surfing or typing a document, as >> switching between tabs in Opera can take 10+ seconds and delay between >> typing a letter and it showing up in Word can be several seconds as >> well. Anything more stressing (such as running a game or developing an >> application) is simply not possible. >> >> From what I can see, the reason for this is that Freenet makes hundreds >> of small disk i/o ops per second, basically blocking the OS from >> accessing the hard drive for swapping and such. >> >> The above is definitely affected by the queue size. First, I tried >> adding ~ 100 random files from Thaw when the node first updated, but >> hadn't had the patience to wait for the request to complete (I think I >> waited at least 20 minutes, perhaps more - with the system being nearly >> paralyzed by the constant HDD thrashing). With just 3 or 4 files being >> put in the queue the system starts to stutter noticeably, provided that >> files start downloading and not hang at 0%. The only time when I can run >> Freenet as a real background app is when I don't have any files in the >> queue and FMS isn't running (which seems more or less pointless to me :-(). >> >> My system is set up as follows: >> >> AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ >> 4 Gb RAM >> 2x250 Gb 7200 rpm SATA2 HDD (mirror via mobo's built-in nVidia 570 RAID >> controller) >> Windows XP x64 >> Java 1.6.0_07 64-bit >> Of course, all the latest updates/patches/drivers, etc. >> Freenet uses 5 Gb datastore on an unencrypted partition. >> >> Interesting thing I noticed was that Freenet significantly underutilized >> the memory I provide it with. From 320 Mb heap memory available, I >> hadn't seen it allocate more than ~ 80 Mb. >> >> Any thoughts on why this could be happening? I hadn't seen anyone >> complain about the performance of 1208/09 yet, so it is probably >> something with my machine :-(, but it beats me what it could be :-(. > > Do you (anyone, everyone, especially on windows with low end hardware) get > good performance with queued downloads on 1214 now? Can I close the bug > concerning this thread? (#3075) I don't have low-end hardware, but my Windows node gets excellent performance now, thank you! =) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.7.5) iEYEARECAAYFAkopjd4ACgkQ4esu1mlKOs9jggCffyjjlNw/MBZOlDKKGeD+45uE rSMAnROPiAZTiJFQx5Z8RxcG1YQtOIca =ZQ0I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
