RE: Opinons?

 

> So when that's happening, is it slamming the CPU, disk, or network?
> Properly isolated, it may be solveable.

Processor. But not to maximum utilization. 

I'm not in the vicinity of my dual-core machine right now, so I just tested
on a 2.8Ghz P4 with 1.5GB of RAM. My test was a simple cut/paste of about a
dozen source lines. It runs the processor up to 70% for 2-3 seconds
(duration of the paste operation), then falls back to idling at around 10%.
Disk and memory are not affected in any measurable amount.

Any operation which requires the insert of one or more new lines in a source
member exhibits this performance problem, otherwise it runs well.

> BTW, a side note about the RAM, if Joe does the VMWare thing 
> as I suggested he may want >2GB to handle the VMs he'll be 
> running.  It'll depend on the number and nature of the VMs he 
> sets up.  Here, we're buying about 1GB RAM per VM.

Good point. I run VMWare as well, and the additional memory makes a big
difference for VM's.


John Taylor