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I haven't noticed if anyone has pointed out that you can bring processor
useage down to "normal" by opening the portfolio setup box. It works but I
really can't tell any difference in overall system performance if processor
useage is 100% or much less. Leaving the portfolio box open does not seem
to cause any other problems.
One thing I do notice is that opening the portfolio box (thus reducing
processor useage) sets off a long string of HD runs. I wonder if having the
proc. tied up prevents it from managing virtual memory and reducing useage
frees it to clean up the HD.
Ben Crutchfield
>One cause for this might be that the server was written to wait for some
>external event (data coming in) by simply circling in a small loop,
repeatedly
>checking to see if a variable (eg, "data in" flag) was just set. This
would
>keep the processor busy all the time.
>
>A better way might be to make the server interrupt driven (like device
>drivers), whereby nothing happens until something needs to happen. This is
>more difficult to program, and requires modifying the system's IVT
(interrrupt
>vector table), a touchy issue. Maybe TS5 is written this way.
>
>Anybody know if the Universal Server v2.0 soaks up processor time too?
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>- Mark Jurik
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