or maybe a bad hard drive !!! it happened to me recently and i was blaming everything till i tried to install xp and the format took forever.
--- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMHO it looks like you have virus on your computer that is busy infecting all files on your hard disk. > > 10 seconds is what it takes to scan 1000 symbols on my end using QP2 database. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Louis Préfontaine > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:00 AM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!? > > > Right now I am trying to scroll and it takes like 10 seconds (no joke!) to move... And I hear my computer loading, loading, loading... > > Hmm... > > Louis > > > 2008/7/20 Louis Préfontaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Tomasz, > > I thought that once I imported Metastock files the data was going into my AB database. In fact, when I manually open AB database's folder, I see each and every ticker. Are you sure the data is in the Metastock files at that point? (The speed issue is not in Real-time, but in my database that goes from last July till last week). > > Scrolling is not immediate in my AB, even for charts with only price and MA and portfolio equity. It takes some time to lead when I scroll. > > I defragmented my hard drive, but still it is slow... > > Any idea? > > Thanks, > > Louis > > > > > 2008/7/20 Tomasz Janeczko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > No, they are NOT in AB local database. QCollector stores data into Metastock databases and you > are accessing external MS database. > > Also scrolling is *immediate* for any formula shipped with AB. > If it is not on your end, it means that you are using > some formula of your own writing (or downloaded from somewhere) that takes forever > to execute. > > Faster? Use AmiBroker own IQFeed plugin, without man-in-the- middle (QCollector). > Still MS database should be fast enough, if it is not - it means that your hard disk is badly fragmented. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Louis Préfontaine > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:05 PM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Speed the database!? > > > Also, when I right-click to change the time displayed, it takes 3-4 seconds and lot of loading... Any way to speed this? > > Thanks, > > Louis > > > 2008/7/16 Louis Préfontaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Tomasz, > > I am using data that has already been downloaded with QCollector. Hence, I am running on a local database and what takes like 3-4 seconds is scrolling through the 1-minute bars. Let's say it is Day 1 at 11:00 and I want to scroll back to Day 0, I use my mouse wheel but for 3-4 seconds the images does not move at all, then I hear my computer loading, then I see the bars before. Is there a way to make that faster? > > Thanks, > > Louis > > > 2008/7/15 Tomasz Janeczko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hello, > > No, it does NOT take 3-4 seconds to load each ticker. Loading (i.e. switching between symbols) is INSTANT. > > It takes 3-4 to BACKFILL. That's huge difference. > > Are you aware that you are on 256kbps connection. That means that your fully saturated connection is able > to deliver about 25KB of data per second. Now do you have any idea how much data is one day > of 1-minute data? > > As far as I remember you are using IQFeed. It delivers data in ASCII format. > > Let's say single quote line is 100 bytes. Compressed it is 50. Now there are 60 lines per minute and > 480 lines per 8 hours. That's 24KB PER DAY PER SYMBOL of 1-minute data. That means > that it takes 1-second FULLY SATURATED your internet connection to deliver 1-day worth of 1-minute data for one symbol. > That's physical limit of your internet connection. > > Yes there is a way to get it faster: > a) invest in better internet connection > b) subscribe to data source that allows those 500 symbols to be streaming > c) run scan with wait for backfill PRIOR to market open. Once you initialy scan all symbol > UNCHECK "wait for backfill" and scans will fun blazing fast. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Louis Préfontaine > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:02 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Speed the database!? > > > Hi, > > I have my 1-minute database setted with all my tickers and everything, but damn it it is so slow! It takes like 3-4 seconds to load each ticker... Is there a way to make it run faster, considering I don't need all the data when exploring? > > Thanks, > > Louis >
