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Had the same problem -- I was collecting around 3000 symbols. My data TS
files (40BONN.DAT, etc.) had grown very large-- almost 3 gigs. This turned
out to be the cause of the problem. I reduced the size of the file down to
about 300 Meg. and the system lost all its lag.
It's a lot of work-- I suggest doing it on a weekend with the Offline
Server. Copy out all symbols and data ranges that you want to keep, then
rename the old BONN files temporarily-- in case you need to reclaim them.
Then, "Paste" the data that you copied-out back into the TS Offline Server.
You will need a lot of hard-drive space to do this, because the server
copies out in expanded format, then compresses the data. The intermediate
files can get very large and will cause the operation to abort if you run
low on HD space. I had about 5 gigs available and had to copy-out the
Symbols in small lots (i.e. all symbols beginning with A thru C, D thru F, etc.)
Good luck! -- A lot of tedious work but the speed is back.
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At 02:02 PM 2/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
>For the last week or so, my system (a Pentium 200MMX, 64MB RAM,
>running W95) has been very sluggish. It seems like a few times every
>second it pauses a bit, like it was off executing something else.
>The mouse is fairly jerky, getting "stuck" for a few tenths of a
>second as I move it. Sometimes it even drops keys while I'm typing.
>
>I'm used to the Server eating up all available CPU time. This is
>different, and it's only been happening recently. I've done a bunch
>of changes to my system recently (from letting Windows manage my swap
>file, to installing new software, to installing a new modem) so one
>of those may be responsible, but I don't think so.
>
>Why? Because this only happens when Tradestation is running. The
>Charting app seems to be eating CPU time now, just like the Server.
>Normally, if it's just sitting there displaying charts, it uses
>almost no CPU time. But recently it seems to be fighting with the
>Server for the biggest CPU hog. Typically the Server is running at
>about 50-70% CPU usage, TS_Chart.Exe runs at about 20-40%, and the
>other 20 or so process collectively use 10% or less. (Those CPU
>numbers come from WINTOP.)
>
>I'm not running any optimizations or anything like that. I've got
>lots of charts in 5 workspaces, many with systems running in them,
>but that's nothing new. I don't know what's changed in the past week
>to make TS start eating more CPU. And I don't understand how even
>piggy TS processes could interfere with high-priority things like
>mouse and keyboard handlers.
>
>Any guesses??
>Thanks,
>Gary
>
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