Thread: Best type of system for calibre
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Old 10-01-2016, 11:25 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by LadyKate View Post
For one library I maintain I add large batches of several thousand books (well, perhaps documents would be a better description) a couple of times a year. I guess it's time to spring for a large ssd for my desktop system and watch the prices on laptops.

Although I have 32 gig of ram on my desktop i7 I don't find that it goes above 35 percent when adding files. On the other hand my disk is running at 95 to 100 percent.

I am wondering, how much does the size of the library being added to affect the speed of the process?
Ah the plague of 'I/O bound"
Maybe a 2+ drive, striped RAID would help or 10K RPM drives
Rotational Latency and SATA bus speed are limiting. a Stripe spreads the load
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