Cache sizing

ASUS A4K, mobile workstation: athlon Xp 3200+, hd IDE 80 gb, 2 gb ram kingston, usb 2.0, pendrive 4 gb transcend jfv30 usb 2.0, WinXP professional, Firefox internet browser

I Have a question. I can see on the control panel a “total file size in cache” bar. I think it’s a “fuel bar”. Is it right?

What if this bar is full? Maybe i need more cache?

So i increased my cache size from 1 to 2 Gb. Then, i used 3/4 of 2 Gb. Now i have a cache of 3 Gb. It’s full!!! Can i take it to 4 Gb (the pendrive capacity)? Have i to buy an 8 Gb pen????

Are two 4 Gb pen better than one 8 Gb single pen? Is it the same? With two pens, i can take one for its normal use…

I could take one 4 gb pen to eBoostr, and the other one half reserved for eBoostr, then the remaining space to my move-data use.

first run

ASUS A4K, mobile workstation: athlon Xp 3200+, hd IDE 80 gb, 2 gb ram kingston, usb 2.0, pendrive 4 gb transcend jfv30 usb 2.0, WinXP professional, Firefox internet browser

Favorite apps: graphics, CAD, CAS, office, games…

… installation: OK

…caching: OK

…running: OK

i have some questions: can i change the cache size of an installed cache device? Have i to delete the old cache device in the control panel, and then install a new and larger cache device?

how can i benchmark the eBoostr?

what if i forget connecting my usb pen when starting the Windows?

What if i set on the same usb pen the WinXP swap file?

What is an “eBoostr pen” ready? Is my pendrive ‘ready’ for eBoostr? :-)

at last: the suggested cache size is set by default to 256 mb. I’ve set it to 2048 mb (my ram size). How can i calculate the size of the cache? Does a method exist for a correct cache sizing?

running notes:

the second time i run an application or i open a folder, it runs very very faster then the first time.

Faster on the Internet, Great.

Installed the beta2 on a Acer Travel-mate 4100 notebook white a 2 GB Kingston stick and it’s working great.

Faster on the Internet

Bug report

Afternoon

Downloaded and installed the latest beta and have 2 bugs to report:-

1. The cache dosent seem to be populatuing, the gui is showing the cache is building, but it hasnt moved passed 0% in 2 days.

2. I didnt notice this till I started playing half life2(as the game was stuttering badly) came out of the game and found that one of my core (E6600) was running at 50%, the affending task was eboost service which I Promtly killed so i could continue my game.

Do you guys need me to fill in my system specs again, or will the info I provided when I registered be adequate .

biker

error installation

I’ve installed the beta 2 on my old pc (PIII 450MHz, 64+128 MBRam) and I get an error in the beginning phase, but the installation goes away.

The Service isn’t installed so I’ve registered the file (eboostrsvc.exe) as service with srvintw and I’ve started it manually but, when I add a cache file it isn’t builded and in menu the “Stop/Restart caching” is disabled so cache aren’t filled.

1st tests and ideas

i’ve tested the 1st beta and here is my impressions:
i’ve used a sd card (sandisk ultra II 1 GB) with a slow reader (2,45 on speed check) and i still noticed an increase of overall performance while playing the game “Rise of Legends”. now i will buy a faster reader and try again with the new beta.
i’ve also used in my tests a sandisk cruzer micro (256 mb) and an ipod nano (2 gb – faster than the sd card).
here are some ideas for the program:
in the cache size selection may be useful add at the actual numeric chooser also a % chooser (ex. 25%,50%,75%,max);
also may be useful an option to change the amount of MB on a device already set, without removing and building the cache again.

i will start new performances tests soon.

my notebook is an asus a6va-q021h 1,7 ghz, 512mb of ram, 80gb hd, ati x700 with 128ram + 128mb shared with the central ram.

PS

i erroneously add this post under “performance test plan”. sorry for the inconvenience

Install note

Just a small thing, when you install beta2, program ask you to upgrade, and thats fine. But it doesn’t recognize the path of previous version (beta1).

cache content trouble

I’ve get a watch to cache content

I’ve seen some files surely accessed (like exe, dll, sys, etc)

I’ve seen some files probably accessed by launched application (like dll, ttf, fon, config, etc)

But I’ve seen some files surely NOT accessed during from eboostr’s installation (some lnk, exe, archived text files)

So… why this lasts files are inserted in cache???

Speed check

I ran the speed check program that comes with Beta 2 on both Firefox and MS Word. I ran each test 5 times. I’m not sure what is being measured since I could not work in either program when the speed check ran. I need a measure of time saved while I am actually working. The times seemed impressive: 1.6 for Word and 1.9 for Firefox.  But am I saving time when I open  a  program or when I use a program? Other feedback seems to indicate that being the case.

Also, when I look at the contents of the cache, what exactly am I looking at? Why these programs and services?

Thanks

Access counter

Is there a way to implement a counter in “show cache content”?

It could be nice to know if a file is used often or if another file has NEVER been used.
In the case you will add a way to unload a specific file from the cache, the counter can help to remove useless files.

Another point is to conver hex size in a decimal human readable value