Thread: Normal for kobo to take forever on "processing content" ?
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Old 06-15-2015, 08:58 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Slow down == take longer per book.
Yes, it does take more time when there are a lot of books being processed. It reads the books in one step and then updates the database in another. The time for the reads should linear, but as the data structure grows it will have affect. And the writes to the database will be affected by the size of the database. And unless there is a reorg done somewhere along the way, it is just going to get worse when processing a lot of books in one go.

The difference isn't that noticeable with the current firmware. The last time I setup a new Kobo I did some tests and found that adding ten batches of 100 was pretty much the same as all 1000 in one go. And all the extra connects and disconnects meant the batches took longer. I've never tried to add as many as the OP, but, I would expect several hours of processing and the risk of running out of battery, so I would leave the device plugged in.
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