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MPower @
http://www.mindbeat.com/
has a free hard disk benchmarking utility. I found my ATA 100
drive ran at 5% of it's potential on Win2K. I think SP2 fixed
this, but it was a common problem.
Dunno about the serial card, it sure seems like you've got
enough horsepower, but obviously something's jammed up.
BW
>From: "Jim Erven" <ervenj@xxxxxxxx>
>To: "Bob Scott" <rlscott@xxxxxxxx>, "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: TS4 I/O buffer buildup
>Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:32:06 -0500
>
>Bob Scott/ Bill Wyne,
>Checked and yes I have that save every 10 mins turned off.
>Bill Wyne suggests upgrading the serial port to a dedicated serial card
>with
>higher speed and bigger buffer.
>
>Now the BMI satelite box is operating at 38400 baud & my server the same. I
>presume my P3B-F serial ports are 16,500 UARTS, don't know how much buffer
>there.
>
>So what are we saying here, a higher speed serail post with more buffer
>might help, definitely
>solve this, or try it and see(lol)?
>
>Kinda frustrating sorting this all out, thot the P3-850 CPU wud do the
>trick. I am only collecting the e-mini, naz mini, and 12 indexes, no
>stocks.
>But guess the serial port still has to read the whole data stream to strip
>out my symbols, then chart them with all the studies.
>
>Any further comments appreciated, before I take the axe to this thingy, lol
>
>jim erven
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Scott" <rlscott@xxxxxxxx>
>To: "Jim Erven" <ervenj@xxxxxxxx>; "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 2:55 PM
>Subject: Re: TS4 I/O buffer buildup
>
>
> > Jim,
> >
> > I have a dual PIII 500 MHz system running NT4 which runs fine. I seem
>to
> > remember that I did have some trouble in the beginning when I had the
>"Save
> > Tick Data Every 10 min" checked (Server | Tools | Options & Misc Tab).
> > Unchecking this Save option did wonders for me.
> >
> > ~Bob
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Erven <ervenj@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: Barry Burgess <barry_burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Omega List
> > <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:39 AM
> > Subject: TS4 I/O buffer buildup
> >
> >
> > >I am running TS4 with BMI satelite feed on a Pentium 3 850 system with
> > lots
> > >of studies on the naz mini, in 5 windows.
> > >
> > >Occasionally the I/O buffer goes to 100%, and the graphics falls behind
>my
> > >backup computer a Pentium 120 but not running so many studies
> > >
> > >
> > >This is top of the line system, Windows 2000, 678 Meg ram. Any ideas
>what
> > >might be causing the I/O buffer to buildup. I know Tradestation
>utilizes
> > the
> > >CPU a lot, but surely this system shud be able to keep up. Are there
>any
> > >checks that i can do to check speed etc?
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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