eToke, What exactly is the advantage of running two instances as opposed to having more chart windows under the one instance...?
The only advantage I can see is that if you are running multiple cores it splits the processing load more effectively...?? --- In [email protected], "etoketrader" <et...@...> wrote: > > I normally run one instance of AB which displays my "main" section - charts > on the instrument I am working on at the moment, as well as a "market > internals" section which shows charts of the major indices, tick, trin etc.... > > I am trying a small experiment in order to see whether things run smoother. I > am trying to run 2 instances of AB for the two sections I mention above. I am > not sure whether this will make things better but currently the fact that I > am simultaneously charting several symbols at once is putting additional load > on my setup. > > My question: Some symbols exist in both instances. Will the fact that the two > instances are connected to the same IQFeed and that separate backfill > requests are assigned to the same IQFeed instance mess things up or is it a > good proposition to work this way? > > thanks and regards, > eToke >
