Noticable Folder Slowdown.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello TBUDL, I think I may be getting close to the limits of either the bat or my machine for messages in a folder. On a PIII 500 with 192MB of ram a folder with 1 messages each of about 4K takes 45 seconds to open. I've tried the usual purge and compress and saved 8MB (on a 350MB mailbase (total)). Even folder with only a few thousand messages are starting to slowdown noticeably. I know it's been mentioned before but no ones ever had a proper answer. What is the feasible (not theoretical) limit at which I'm going to have to start splitting the folders up? I don't think 1 messages in a folder is too much to ask for as I've seen other mail systems deal with much larger volumes quite happily. - -- Jamie Dainton On Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at 12:18:53 PM The Bat! 1.53 Beta/5 Windows 98 4.10 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=sendKey Beta testers who lie! Next time on Geraldo! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBOydNEIP76OeRfCgzEQKvRQCgxYYQM+0CQAyu2GJEBnV12Za6wR0An0fv w8a1p8kqNIQPqh/YkZ2bM3/y =fDFv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Noticable Folder Slowdown.
Jamie, Regarding your message dated: 13 June 2001... JD I think I may be getting close to the limits of either the bat or JD my machine for messages in a folder. On a PIII 500 with 192MB of JD ram a folder with 1 messages each of about 4K takes 45 seconds JD to open. I've tried the usual purge and compress and saved 8MB (on JD a 350MB mailbase (total)). Even folder with only a few thousand JD messages are starting to slowdown noticeably. JD I know it's been mentioned before but no ones ever had a proper JD answer. What is the feasible (not theoretical) limit at which I'm JD going to have to start splitting the folders up? JD I don't think 1 messages in a folder is too much to ask for as JD I've seen other mail systems deal with much larger volumes quite JD happily. Too offer my perspective on your observation, I have tended to find the versions of TB! that have been released since the 1.4x series to be a lot quicker at folder access. I have around 67,000 messages in the account as a whole with my largest folder accounting for just over 20,000 of those. The whole account message base has a file size of 451MB and when I access the biggest folder it takes an average of 7 seconds to display the contents. My PC has similar hardware to you (PIII 550) but with more memory so maybe that helps some. Most of my folders (those with 6000 messages or less) tend to be accessible in just 2-3 seconds or less. Mostly, the access seems instantaneous for any folder with 2000 messages in. I could probably do some good by purging and compressing myself (haven't done that in a while) but overall I'd say TB! was coping admirably. I don't know if any of the above is helpful but it should provide a counter view perhaps. All the best, Mark. -- - Using TheBat! 1.53 Windows NT 5 0 2195 Service Pack 2 - Just4Fun - Freestuff, Humour and More! - http://just4fun.ipfox.com/ - Mark R Harding The Integrated Systems Group (Vision) Department of Electronics Electrical Engineering The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road Edinburgh. EH9 3JL. Scotland. U.K. Phone: +44 (0)131 650 5662 Fax:+44 (0)131 650 6554 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~mrh/ - PGP-Key Available at: http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~mrh/pgp.html - -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Noticable Folder Slowdown.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:34:10 +0100, Mark thoughtfully wrote the following: ... MRH Too offer my perspective on your observation, I have tended to find MRH the versions of TB! that have been released since the 1.4x series to MRH be a lot quicker at folder access. I have around 67,000 messages in MRH the account as a whole with my largest folder accounting for just MRH over 20,000 of those. The whole account message base has a file size MRH of 451MB and when I access the biggest folder it takes an average of MRH 7 seconds to display the contents. My PC has similar hardware to you MRH (PIII 550) but with more memory so maybe that helps some. MRH Most of my folders (those with 6000 messages or less) tend to be MRH accessible in just 2-3 seconds or less. Mostly, the access seems MRH instantaneous for any folder with 2000 messages in. MRH I could probably do some good by purging and compressing myself MRH (haven't done that in a while) but overall I'd say TB! was coping MRH admirably. MRH I don't know if any of the above is helpful but it should provide a MRH counter view perhaps. Processor speed and memory have been mentioned but nothing about hard disk performance when this could be significantly different between both your systems. When I upgraded my hard disk to a much faster one, there was dramatic improvement in how quickly TB! handled large message bases. I don't really see a significant pause in the speed of folders being opened until I exceed approximately 6000 messages in a folder where the access time reaches about 2 seconds. With my old hard disk, it was tedious to work with a folder containing such a large message base. - -- A. Curtis Martin List Moderator (and fellow registered end-user) Using The Bat! (v1.53bis) [OS: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2)] - 'Funny off-topic messages are always on-topic.' __ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) Comment: Get my Public Key here - http://key.ac-martin.com iEYEARECAAYFAjsoB9oACgkQV8nrYCsHF+K3VACeLwJn6Cxn8MgioCAnwLO9+q2q XZEAoKaSqkxLUigJPvD943f/aGsf+NM0 =Ei5V -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re[2]: Noticable Folder Slowdown.
MRH the account as a whole with my largest folder accounting for just MRH over 20,000 of those. The whole account message base has a file size [...] MRH I could probably do some good by purging and compressing myself MRH (haven't done that in a while) but overall I'd say TB! was coping MRH admirably. I'd say so. I coming from using MS Outlook, and that program would just die after about 16K messages in a folder. It just would refuse to accept mail until you deleted messages out of your folder -- pathetic. A happy bat user, -joe -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
