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chaley · 11-29-2010, 05:09 AM

Just to add some data: On my traveling laptop (XP pro, 1 GB mem, slow single-core processor, 4200 rpm disk), it used to take 55 seconds to open my library. It now takes 3.5 seconds. No NAS involved.

Note that I see almost no change on my desktop machine (win7 pro, 4 GB, fast 4-core processor, 7200 rpm disk); it went from 1.4 seconds to 1.2 seconds. I think this is due to having enough memory for windows to maintain a reasonably complete file name cache, but it could be a win7 vs XP thing, the cache on the disk itself, or (more likely) a combination of all of these.

11-29-2010, 05:09 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,741 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Just to add some data: On my traveling laptop (XP pro, 1 GB mem, slow single-core processor, 4200 rpm disk), it used to take 55 seconds to open my library. It now takes 3.5 seconds. No NAS involved. Note that I see almost no change on my desktop machine (win7 pro, 4 GB, fast 4-core processor, 7200 rpm disk); it went from 1.4 seconds to 1.2 seconds. I think this is due to having enough memory for windows to maintain a reasonably complete file name cache, but it could be a win7 vs XP thing, the cache on the disk itself, or (more likely) a combination of all of these. Last edited by chaley; 11-29-2010 at 11:14 AM.