Jester, this is a lot of good information. Thanks a ton!
--- JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Creating 760,000 objects in an array takes an > average of 22 seconds, and > utilizes up in the 60 megs range. The RAM isn't too > accurate, but the time > is. Running in Flash Player 8.5 takes 2 seconds > less. > > Creating 12,000 objects with the properties you > showed takes an average of > 170 milliseconds. Running in Flash Player 8.5 takes > 2 seconds less. > > My suggestion is to find a way to continually get > and update the data. > Rather than get it every minute, get it every few > seconds, or whatever it > takes to get lesser chunks. 12,000 is definately > doable by Flash 8 and 7, > but 760,000 causes you to hit the script-timeout > limit. While Flex can > extend this, locking up your GUI is pathetic, and > while stretching out the > processing over frames is doable, it's not fun. > > ...now, if you are using Flex 2, well, results are > different. Creating > 760,000 Records that each hold 4 ints in a > persistant array, just like the > example done in Flash 8, takes 1.2 seconds... fast > as heck comparitvely, so > getting those records initially as well as every > minute apparently would > work great. Running just 12,000 takes 20 > milliseconds. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Hirschi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Performance question - > please help! > > > > Oh i guess i should have stated that when I request > the data from my web service (coldfusion cfc), > 760,000 > is about the number of records (in total) that i'm > expecting to get (200 requests with 2100 records in > each request). I have to parse through those > records > to create the Charts. I'm pulling the records back > with a remoteobject request. I should also further > say that the 760,000 records are all for the initial > request. subsequent requests will be a lot less... > but > still along the lines of 12000 records every minute. > > records are coming back in the format of: > > machineID, propertyid, minuteid, propertyvalue > 1,1,213,98 > 1,2,213,78 > 2,1,213,94 > Everything is numbers > > > > Thanks for the explanations jester. > > --- Jonathan Hirschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, the way I'm planning this out is that at the > > moment, i need to have 60 chart objects with > > essentially up around 40 or so series per chart > > (estimated - could go as high as 60). Each series > > is > > an array of numbers. Each array has 60 values. > > > > I'm still noodling out how to best put this > > together... > > I need still need to manage time in all this for > > labels on the charts, but the time element is > going > > to > > be synced across alll of the charts, so I've been > > playing around with updating the labels and > > horizontal > > values manually.. (not sure if that's the way to > go > > yet) > > > > so for example (hope this makes sense): > > > > Chart = cpu:object > > > > series = machine1:Array .... machine60:Array > > > > machine1:Array > > 98 > > 100 > > 45 > > 67 > > etc.. > > > > machine2:Array > > 56 > > 34 > > 98 > > 45 > > etc... > > > > --- JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sure; Flex 2 gets all of Flash 8's bitmap > features > > > with the added benefit of > > > a fast as nuts AVM. As far as the data, though, > > not > > > sure. I've spent 3 > > > years pushing Flash to it's limits and know > where > > > she breaks, but garbage > > > collection & tons of data, I haven't really > found > > > the ceiling yet in 8.5. > > > What I have found is "fixed in the next build", > so > > > it all sounds promising. > > > > > > Flash in general has problems creating millions > of > > > objects because of the > > > overhead associated with the actual creation of > > > "Object" in Flash. There is > > > a lot of overhead, and while it's significant > for > > > the hundreds, for the > > > thousands & hundreds of thousands, those bytes > > start > > > to add up. This is > > > significantly improved in 8.5. No, I don't have > > > details; basically, the > > > amount of overhead is significantly reduced; it > > was > > > a big problem in Flash > > > hitting the "hundreds of MovieClips" limit, and > > now > > > works great... well, as > > > best an alpha can be. Besides, the way it was > > > explained no sense... > > > something about byte headers, and trait objects, > > and > > > all kinds of other > > > low-level insanity you have to be a genious to > > > understand... or a Comp Sci > > > grad I reckon. > > > > > > Max memory? Nope; I've had Flash take up to 2 > > gigs > > > once, it was awesome! > > > > > > Again, haven't really pushed 8.5 yet since she > > isn't > > > done. > > > > > > As far as porting, yeah, I agree. We've used a > > > Flash 8 loaded SWF in 2 > > > projects to enable file-upload, and while it > works > > > for the most part, it's > > > not eloquent, and not being eloquent ticks > > > developers off. > > > > > > Actually, 720,000 doesnt' sound to bad... what > > > properties do these data > > > points have? Like an ID and Name, or a long > list > > or > > > what? > > > > > > As far as GC, hell no; if Adobe published how > > their > > > GC worked, and changed > > > it, we'd all be f00ked. I think Tinic's article > > is > > > the only one that has > > > lasted: > > > > > > http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/09/garbage-collection-in-flash-player-8.html > > > > > > There was a comment on another article where he > > > described how using 1 member > > > variable vs. many locals was better... even > though > > > locals were optimized for > > > local registers in Flash Player 7 making > functions > > > faster... it's all > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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