Re: Improving startup time of ACS

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, same setup except maybe Enterprise version. For others to know, if 
they try this, I think they will have to restart Windows, because ACS 
caches credentials once you've logged in, in my experience. To see any 
change in startup time, I had to restart.

Cheers
Vern

On 10/31/2015 4:36 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> No, not a Mac.   The PC I tried it on is a Windows 7 professional 
> desktop.  Performance is generally very good.  I was only starting 
> single 5250 emulator at a time, but I leave the ACS dialog open so I 
> can launch more when needed.
>
> On 10/31/2015 3:34 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> > Scott - This must be one of those "it depends" things - my laptop may 
> > be running low on performance, and are you on a Mac?  :)
> >
> > I gave this tip to another developer here, and he also saw the 
> > improvement with a local setup = we shall see how consistent this is.
> >
> > Also, I'm using a batch-session setup, maybe that would benefit more 
> > than single session startup.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Vern
> >
> > On 10/30/2015 11:01 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> > > I tried this as well...   but I'm not seeing any difference at all.
> > >
> > > I'm not using a network drive or thumb drive or anything like that, 
> > > but...   when it made a difference for Vern, I thought maybe it'd 
> > > make a diff for me too, but... it does not, it's exactly the same.
> > >
> > > It's not a problem, really... the startup time doesn't bother me at 
> > > all.    I love ACS.  I find it hard to understand why anyone would 
> > > resist using it (unless they need EHLLAPI for something, but I 
> > > haven't used that in many years...)
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/30/2015 2:29 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> > > > Even more thanks, I think!
> > > >
> > > > I uncommented that line in AceConfig.properties file - started a 
> > > > multiple-session, closed it, then started again - marked 
> > > > improvement in startup - and this is local - so it's not just for 
> > > > network or thumb drives, IMO.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Vern
> > > >
> > > > On 10/30/2015 2:21 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> > > > > Thanks, Edmund - I'll try that.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've not looked yet in the docs (RTFM, right?) but is there 
> > > > > anything about Java memory allocation settings at start up? They 
> > > > > are sometimes recommended for RDi.
> > > > >
> > > > > Vern
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/30/2015 2:14 PM, Edmund Reinhardt wrote:
> > > > > > I spoke to the developer about ideas to improve startup time and 
> > > > > > he said:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There's one trick that can help startup time, particularly if 
> > > > > > running from
> > > > > > a thumb drive or network share. Just put a line containing
> > > > > > "com.ibm.iaccess.DataCache=true" into the AcsConfig.properties file.