http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/tags/speed Beta Testers Forum en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:53:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/search.php http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/topic/low-performance-ram-cache#post-270 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:47:16 +0000 Zeioth 270@http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/ <p>My Ram is DDR3 1600 model corsair cl9 dhx, and my problem is that eboostr 3/4.0(536) show a 1.4 ration when ram memory should be arround ratio 4, (i seen screenshots). even my hard disk have better ratio (1.7) i'm not sure what's wrong, may be this ram model have problems in eboostr? thanks for your ideas/comments.</p> <p><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/10iigee.jpg"> </p> http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/topic/are-we-almost-at-the-end-of-beta-testing#post-1171 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:56:57 +0000 flash1000 1171@http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/ <p>I have been testing 4.0 Beta on both desktop (Intel Q6600 w/XP SP3) and netbook (Atom N260 w/XP SP3) for at least four months, and no trouble was identified so far. Here’s my impression of Beta 4.0:</p> <p>When considering the cold boot time, eBoostr will be the most effective for the system consists of Windows XP, Slow HDD, and fast USB drive on USB 2.0. A person who has such PC will clearly realize this tool is effective. </p> <p>Once OS is fully loaded, then SD card would become a better cache device than USB drive. Using system RAM for cache may be a bit risky (therefore a warning appears when I try to make the function available, I guess…). For those who have faster PC, I recommend to use Class 6 (or 10) HCSD as cache device, and accelerate applications by adding in the priority list. In this case, we cannot expect drastic change in the boot time because the PC does not recognize SD card until OS loads the card reader driver, unlike USB drive, which is recognized at BIOS level.</p> <p>I wonder if we can separately manage files when building cache, like; OS system files required at boot stage to USB, and other OS files and application files to SD or RAM. I think this would maximize the benefit of this tool. </p> http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/topic/add-readwrite-speed-test-for-usb-flash-drives-they-vary-widely-in-performance#post-365 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:34:11 +0000 byteboss 365@http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/ <p>There is a HUGE VARIATION in performance characteristics of USB Flash Drives. Perhaps this is one reason for the wide variation in performance that people are reporting. I suggest adding a speed test function to eBoostr that can do a quick test of the read/write speed of attached USB Drives. Many people have several different Flash drives around and if eBoostr could measure the Read/Write speed of them, people could then easily choose the fastest ones they have for eBoostr's Cache. </p> <p>The importance of USB Flash Drive read/write performance characteristics should also be mentioned in eBoostr's installation and troubleshooting notes. It would not only aid people in selecting the appropriate Flash Drives to buy, but very likely reduce the amount of customer support needed from the eBoostr team.</p> <p>Perhaps the eBoostr software could also report back to the Web Site the performance characteristics it measures for each brand and model of USB Flash Drive. A table could then be displayed on the web site showing that data. It would be a great way for people to find out which Flash Drives perform best with eBoostr. </p> http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/topic/tutorial-how-ratio-works#post-756 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:01 +0000 Zeioth 756@http://beta.eboostr.com/forum/ <p>The first thing you should know, is the maximum amount of ratio that your computer can reach, because this changes on each computer. For this, you must use only RAM memory in eboostr (any amount will work, I used 512 MB), and to make a "Speed test". The result will be maximum speed that you can reach on eboostr.</p> <p>In my case, is ratio 21.0:</p> <p><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/1zlw4qq.jpg"></p> <p>But RAM memory is expensive, and we need it for other uses. So, what we must pretend is to get closer to this number, but using different devices; Flash Memory, SSD, ESATA, hard discs, or little amounts of ram.</p> <p>For example, this is my config:</p> <p><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/v8ll53.jpg"></p> <p>I've used a 4GB hard disk, 16GB esata Flash disk throttle, and 1GB RAM. But you can use different config depending on the devices that you have, and how many files you want to cache. I hope that I helped with this topic! Please, feel free to ask or correct this in whatever is needed, I hope that we all can learn about this.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> -Ebostrs will cache the most used files in the fastest devices. Using little amounts of RAM usually means improvement of speed in the system. The rest of devices will cache heavier files, like games or programs.</p> <p>-Is important to don't open programs, or play music while you're doing the "Speed test". Once you change the device, or created the cache, I recommend you to wait some minutes, or it could give wrong results. </p>