Thread: why is calibre slow on batch operations?
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Old 07-10-2013, 10:08 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
:My calibre system has an i5 processor with 6GB RAM. The library is on a WD 2TB internal spinning disk, on a SATA controller, its formatted for NTFS, and the drive is fully indexed for Windows search and Locate 32. I don't use an SSD, or RAM Disks or any of that tricky stuff. The database is in the library folder with the author & book folders and its 109MB.

The software and config data are on another 2TB WD drive.

BR
See what I mean by 'beefier box'? . I'm talking an old laptop, a Core2Duo with 1.5GB RAM and a 71K books library on a USB2 external disk.

Starting up takes 3 minutes or so, but after that, it's surprisingly workable.
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