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bthoven · 08-20-2009, 04:58 AM

Hi Joop,

Thanks for your suggestion. I monitor it by using standard Windows Task Manager (Process tab) seeing its CPU and memory usage. What additional benefit of the software you suggest?

itimpi · 08-20-2009, 05:13 AM

I am not sure if this related, but I have noted that I have a problem with Calibre 0.6 series where if I tried to convert books the memory usage of the main Calibre process grows by an amount directly proportional to the number of books to be converted, and that this memory is not released when the conversion finishes. Therefore after a while it is necessary to close and restart Calibre to avoid the system running into problems because of excessive RAM usage.

It would be useful to know if others see the same behavior so I have an idea whether it is genuine Calibre issue, or simply a problem with my system in some way.

bthoven · 08-20-2009, 05:32 AM

Hi Joop,

My problem is like yours; but the growing memory was on Calibre-parallel process when I was fetching a few enews. It used to grow up to 8xxMB and even after the enews fetching completed, the process was still running consuming 8xxMB of my memory. I also saw several Calibre-parallel.exe processes running, not just one.

When this happens, I saw my hard drive activity light on all the time (as if it was busy doing something I don't know), and my system was slow to crawl.

This happened in version 0.6.4.

I've not tried 0.6.6 yet.

itimpi · 08-20-2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bthoven

When this happens, I saw my hard drive activity light on all the time (as if it was busy doing something I don't know), and my system was slow to crawl.

I would guess this is Windows paging kicking in. It does kill performance if you get a lot of it.

JvdW · 08-20-2009, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bthoven

Hi Joop,

Thanks for your suggestion. I monitor it by using standard Windows Task Manager (Process tab) seeing its CPU and memory usage. What additional benefit of the software you suggest?

For one thing it allows you to monitor each process individually and it shows you if a process dies by colouring it red and its green when its starting up.
Further I think it allows you to see way more information than the TaskManager can/will.
It will even show you what files a process is accessing, network connections.

Give it a try, there is no installation process involved (one exe) and you can even start it from the website, IE/FF settings allowing it.

Regards,

Joop

bthoven · 08-21-2009, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JvdW

For one thing it allows you to monitor each process individually and it shows you if a process dies by colouring it red and its green when its starting up.
Further I think it allows you to see way more information than the TaskManager can/will.
It will even show you what files a process is accessing, network connections.

Give it a try, there is no installation process involved (one exe) and you can even start it from the website, IE/FF settings allowing it.

Regards,

Joop

Thanks a lot. This is now interesting.

bthoven · 08-21-2009, 12:15 PM

sorry

bthoven · 09-16-2009, 06:15 AM

Hi,

Even using the latest version of Calibre, my notebook (Pentium Dual 1.6ghz, memory 1.5gb, plenty of C: drive free space) become very slow whilst retrieving enews. I notice the harddrive led light is on all the time. Any idea what cause this problem?

bthoven · 09-23-2009, 02:34 AM

As I still cannot solve the problem of slowness when retrieving the enews, probably due to my own pc setup, I decide to go back to Mobipocket desktop for enews retrieval and use Kindle app on iPhone to read those enews. It works very well.

See how I do it here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...277#post602277

08-20-2009, 05:32 AM	#18
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Hi Joop, My problem is like yours; but the growing memory was on Calibre-parallel process when I was fetching a few enews. It used to grow up to 8xxMB and even after the enews fetching completed, the process was still running consuming 8xxMB of my memory. I also saw several Calibre-parallel.exe processes running, not just one. When this happens, I saw my hard drive activity light on all the time (as if it was busy doing something I don't know), and my system was slow to crawl. This happened in version 0.6.4. I've not tried 0.6.6 yet. Last edited by bthoven; 08-20-2009 at 05:35 AM.

08-21-2009, 12:15 PM	#22
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	sorry Last edited by bthoven; 08-22-2009 at 05:06 AM.

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08-20-2009, 04:58 AM	#16
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Hi Joop, Thanks for your suggestion. I monitor it by using standard Windows Task Manager (Process tab) seeing its CPU and memory usage. What additional benefit of the software you suggest?

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itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I am not sure if this related, but I have noted that I have a problem with Calibre 0.6 series where if I tried to convert books the memory usage of the main Calibre process grows by an amount directly proportional to the number of books to be converted, and that this memory is not released when the conversion finishes. Therefore after a while it is necessary to close and restart Calibre to avoid the system running into problems because of excessive RAM usage. It would be useful to know if others see the same behavior so I have an idea whether it is genuine Calibre issue, or simply a problem with my system in some way.

09-16-2009, 06:15 AM	#23
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Hi, Even using the latest version of Calibre, my notebook (Pentium Dual 1.6ghz, memory 1.5gb, plenty of C: drive free space) become very slow whilst retrieving enews. I notice the harddrive led light is on all the time. Any idea what cause this problem?

09-23-2009, 02:34 AM	#24
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	As I still cannot solve the problem of slowness when retrieving the enews, probably due to my own pc setup, I decide to go back to Mobipocket desktop for enews retrieval and use Kindle app on iPhone to read those enews. It works very well. See how I do it here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...277#post602277

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