Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Optimum disk layout for incoming and temp ?

[nwpsys]

Computer configuration:
eMule Plus version:
Using proxy:	Don't know
Firewall:	Don't know
CPU:
Memory:
Operating System:
Updated drivers for network and video:	Don't know

Am I right in thinking that if I locate my emule temp and emule incoming directories on seperate physical disks, when a file is completing I will get the optimum performance ?

I am thinking that if the disk head isn't having to move around so much on a single disk, I will get a more resource friendly process.

At the moment I have the two on separete drives located on the SAME physical disk, and my PC really slows as a file completes.

Thanks,

nwpsys

[Reevel]

Am I right in thinking that if I locate my emule temp and emule incoming directories on seperate physical disks, when a file is completing I will get the optimum performance ?

Yes you are.

[nwpsys]

I don't get to be right very often :-) Thanks.

nwpsys

[muleteer]

Basically it's a tradeoff. If you have only one physical disk, then put temp and incoming folders on the same partition for best performance (when a file completes, it will simply be renamed; not moved around at all). The downside is that any fragmentation in the file is also retained. You can minimize this by 'preallocating disk space' for the files as you add them to your downloads.

[nwpsys]

Thanks muleteer.

It sounds like even if I do have more than one physical disk ( I have 4 ! ) it may still be worth keeping the temp and incoming in the same partition to avoid any sort of I/O traffic at all when completing. I run a defrag pass once a week and this always seems to make a good job of reducing fragmentation on the large files - as long as I keep a bit of free space on the disk.

Didn't know about the preallocating space feature, but I have found it now and may give that a try.

Cheers,

nwpsys

[muleteer]

Personally, I have made a small (1GB) partition for the emule folder (exe and config etc.), and another (large) partition for the temp and incoming folders. A lot of the fragmentation comes from the emule.log and debug.log files in the emule folder, so I can defragment that partition very quickly.

[nwpsys]

With my settings, I don't write any log files. I think that was the default, I can't remember switching them off. Am I losing out by not having them ?

BTW, I am going to reorg my discs to have temp and incoming in the same partition, I think.

nwpsys