davefromlondon
i see an option in vista disk drive to enable 'write caching' for better performance - should I
Mensajes Fri 11 Jan 08 @ 9:28 am
sbangs
It does increase performance a bit but causes a large risk if your machines power is interrupted any work in progress will not be saved to the drive and will be lost ,I would leave it alone.
"if it aint broke dont fix it "
"if it aint broke dont fix it "
Mensajes Fri 11 Jan 08 @ 1:24 pm
digijoc-Mele
@davefromlondon -
Actually in my tests under Windows XP, this parameter can have a significant effect on the performance of VirtualDJ's video playback capabilities. My finding is that when it is ON, one may experience very jerky video playback, especially when doing extensive manipulation of video. My recommendation is to turn it OFF.
The main disadvantage of setting it OFF is data loss or corruption if the disk looses power. For a laptop user, this is not an issue since the laptop battery will keep things going. For the non laptop users, if you loose power you have bigger issues to worry about... hope the dancefloor is not packed.
Actually in my tests under Windows XP, this parameter can have a significant effect on the performance of VirtualDJ's video playback capabilities. My finding is that when it is ON, one may experience very jerky video playback, especially when doing extensive manipulation of video. My recommendation is to turn it OFF.
The main disadvantage of setting it OFF is data loss or corruption if the disk looses power. For a laptop user, this is not an issue since the laptop battery will keep things going. For the non laptop users, if you loose power you have bigger issues to worry about... hope the dancefloor is not packed.
Mensajes Mon 11 Feb 08 @ 8:29 am
jimmy b
Where do you find this option in XP, I get fed up having to stop my external drive first in the windows tool bar before unpluging it.
Jimmy b
Mensajes Mon 11 Feb 08 @ 10:31 am
tekker76
jimmy b wrote :
Where do you find this option in XP, I get fed up having to stop my external drive first in the windows tool bar before unpluging it.
Jimmy b
Where do you find this option in XP, I get fed up having to stop my external drive first in the windows tool bar before unpluging it.
Jimmy b
This Option is found here:
Rightclick on your external HD, choose Properties, tab to Hardware and Doubleclick your external HD,
tab to Policies, there you can switch between "Write Caching" and "Safe Removal"
Greetings tEkkER
Mensajes Mon 11 Feb 08 @ 3:26 pm
jimmy b
Thanks tekker76,
will look into this.
Jimmy b
Mensajes Mon 11 Feb 08 @ 10:26 pm
Paz75
note that the option is called 'write' caching which is for writing. vdj only writes concerning updating the xml file. if there is a crash, you will very likely destroy your library xml so i would ignore it. this option does help for your operating system for lots of reading writing across many files (temp files, really). you can use this on your system drive, but i dont recommend it for an external music library drive. also make a regular habit of backing up your library xml since it will also be on the system drive. the other term for this option is 'shadow writing'
Mensajes Tue 12 Feb 08 @ 6:53 am