How large is your Calibre library? - Page 2

ssimon2000 · 10-07-2009, 11:48 AM

I've got a library of just under 5000 books. Load is slow, but I'd imagine that's more because I have the calibre database on an external HD. Actual operation is fine, even loading new books.

chilady1 · 10-07-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ssimon2000

I've got a library of just under 5000 books. Load is slow, but I'd imagine that's more because I have the calibre database on an external HD. Actual operation is fine, even loading new books.

I too have Calibre database located on an external HD just so I don't have to keep moving books over to that drive everytime I load a new one. I have about 1000 or so books in the library, I notice that when Calibre starts and my Kindle is connected it drags somewhat as it loads the database, but not anything to dramatic in terms of timing. A few seconds more than when I only had 300 or so books on. Like ssimon2000, actual operation is fine, loading new books is quick.

kennyc · 10-07-2009, 12:10 PM

What? 5000? 7200? jeeze what is that the library of congress?

I'm just a nobody nothing with my measly 50 books.....

ficbot · 10-07-2009, 01:06 PM

Some of my 'books' are things like recipes and documents for work...

Beldus · 10-08-2009, 07:50 AM

You don't mention what OS you are on.
If you have a Mac and (still) run it in Rosetta mode then it will be very sluggish.

Other then that the only thing I find a bit slow is the coverflow.

ssimon2000 · 10-08-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

What? 5000? 7200? jeeze what is that the library of congress?

I'm just a nobody nothing with my measly 50 books.....

I've got a lot of sermons (Charles Spurgeon, etc) and early sci-fi/pulp short stories.

ssimon2000 · 10-08-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Beldus

You don't mention what OS you are on.
If you have a Mac and (still) run it in Rosetta mode then it will be very sluggish.

Other then that the only thing I find a bit slow is the coverflow.

I'm on Vista with a 2.9GHz processor.

kennyc · 10-08-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ssimon2000

I've got a lot of sermons (Charles Spurgeon, etc) and early sci-fi/pulp short stories.

Gotcha. I keep searching for various short story collections but there don't seem to be a lot available but also have a few individual short stories on mine.

radius · 10-08-2009, 02:12 PM

Well, the Baen Free Library all by itself is well over 1GB of books if I remember correctly, and might even be over two or three... And I've been reading on mobile devices since the original Palm DOC program, so that's a lot of files...

I run Calibre on multiple machines, a Core2Duo WinXP, a Core2Duo Macbook and an AMD Athlon Vista machine. I haven't tried a Linux version yet (tried to build it, but man oh man it has a lot of dependencies).

I find Calibre slow on all the machines that I've tried. Maybe my expectations for user responsiveness are too high, but I tend to think that even if the underlying operations take a long time, the UI should still be snappy because it really doesn't do all that much.

weedfreak · 10-09-2009, 06:31 AM

I have 13,000+ books with no performance problems even when running several other heavyweight apps at the same time. Search takes under 2 seconds, adding 10 books less than 5 seconds, converting book formats can take 5 or 6 seconds per book.

Part of the performance answer may lie in system specs. I have a Phenom quad core, 8 Gb ram and 4 Tb hard disks running Xubuntu jaunty.

LessPaul · 10-09-2009, 09:05 PM

While pondering the "snappyness" issue, it occurs to me that the overhead is most likley the manipulation of the actual files and embedded metadata, rather than the database itself.

Which makes me wonder if perhaps an option to queue updates to the files until idle / scheduled time / commit command might make sense.

rogue_ronin · 10-09-2009, 10:02 PM

It's the 'loader' app that sucks cpu cycles. Processing news, converting. Database itself is not heavy, I think.

m a r

lcbannon · 10-09-2009, 11:34 PM

Runs fine on my system but I am still collecting. On a side note here is a site with lots of short stories..

http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/quicksearch.html

Ralob · 10-12-2009, 01:14 AM

982 books with a start-up time of about 10 seconds with about 5 seconds per book added on a WinXP 2.0ghz dual core cpu and 2gm ram laptop.

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10-07-2009, 11:48 AM	#16
ssimon2000 Member Posts: 20 Karma: 32 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 700	I've got a library of just under 5000 books. Load is slow, but I'd imagine that's more because I have the calibre database on an external HD. Actual operation is fine, even loading new books.

10-07-2009, 12:10 PM	#18
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	What? 5000? 7200? jeeze what is that the library of congress? I'm just a nobody nothing with my measly 50 books.....

10-07-2009, 01:06 PM	#19
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Some of my 'books' are things like recipes and documents for work...

10-08-2009, 07:50 AM	#20
Beldus Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Device: PRS-505	You don't mention what OS you are on. If you have a Mac and (still) run it in Rosetta mode then it will be very sluggish. Other then that the only thing I find a bit slow is the coverflow.

10-08-2009, 02:12 PM	#24
radius Lector minore Posts: 649 Karma: 1738720 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Aura One, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e, Google Pixel Slate	Well, the Baen Free Library all by itself is well over 1GB of books if I remember correctly, and might even be over two or three... And I've been reading on mobile devices since the original Palm DOC program, so that's a lot of files... I run Calibre on multiple machines, a Core2Duo WinXP, a Core2Duo Macbook and an AMD Athlon Vista machine. I haven't tried a Linux version yet (tried to build it, but man oh man it has a lot of dependencies). I find Calibre slow on all the machines that I've tried. Maybe my expectations for user responsiveness are too high, but I tend to think that even if the underlying operations take a long time, the UI should still be snappy because it really doesn't do all that much.

10-09-2009, 06:31 AM	#25
weedfreak Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 185297 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ankh Morpork Device: calibre	I have 13,000+ books with no performance problems even when running several other heavyweight apps at the same time. Search takes under 2 seconds, adding 10 books less than 5 seconds, converting book formats can take 5 or 6 seconds per book. Part of the performance answer may lie in system specs. I have a Phenom quad core, 8 Gb ram and 4 Tb hard disks running Xubuntu jaunty.

10-09-2009, 09:05 PM	#26
LessPaul Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 160 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dewitt, MI Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2021 / PC / iPad	While pondering the "snappyness" issue, it occurs to me that the overhead is most likley the manipulation of the actual files and embedded metadata, rather than the database itself. Which makes me wonder if perhaps an option to queue updates to the files until idle / scheduled time / commit command might make sense.

10-09-2009, 10:02 PM	#27
rogue_ronin Banned Posts: 475 Karma: 796 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu Device: Nokia 770 (fbreader)	It's the 'loader' app that sucks cpu cycles. Processing news, converting. Database itself is not heavy, I think. m a r

10-09-2009, 11:34 PM	#28
lcbannon Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505	Runs fine on my system but I am still collecting. On a side note here is a site with lots of short stories.. http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/quicksearch.html

10-12-2009, 01:14 AM	#29
Ralob Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: iPad Pro, Kobo Libra 2, PW4	982 books with a start-up time of about 10 seconds with about 5 seconds per book added on a WinXP 2.0ghz dual core cpu and 2gm ram laptop.

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