Jess Askey Wrote: > I have an under powered machine and here are my delay scenarios... > > PII 366 Celeron, 384M RAM, 320gig UDMA-100 driver with PCI UDMA-100 > Controller > 745 Albums, 12353 Songs > Linux Mandrake 9.2 - BIND9, Postgresql, Slimserver > the server did work just fine with my Audiotron. One of the things you have to understand is that the Audiotron had it's own processor doing one segment of the work you have now added to this computer. Under the audiotron scenario, the server was just a file server. MP3 tag scanning, and keeping the resulting 'database' was done on the audiotron itself. Also the web server. Under the slim scenario, all of this is now on the processor. Especially during tag scanning, the resource footprint is considerably higher.
After the 6.2 upgrade, if things still need improvement, here are some things to consider: 1. add more memory - if you're running out of memory, it'll swap and add to your I/O load, exactly when you need the I/O to be faster, it'll be slower. 2. check your swapping configuration. I'm not familiar with your operating system, but all O/Ses prefer contiguous fast swap areas. 3. if you can't add more memory, or can't add enough more, consider buying another fast disk (can be much smaller) and dedicate it to swap. Tell us how it goes ... Michael -- Michaelwagner _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
