[DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues

[Kurt]

2 minor 2nd-hand SSD points:

- Joel says : boot time went from 2 minutes to 30 seconds, but *compile* 
time didn't change (probably cpu bound) :
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html

- Linus says : Get Intel SSD's, and ignore throughput figures (though 
250MB/s reads...) as random reads and writes matter more :
http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-i-got-one-of-new-intel-ssds.html

Cheers, Kurt.



Stefan Mueller wrote:
> I am also keeping my eyes open for SSD .. those drives should be able to
> improve compile speeds drastically ... they have close to no seek-times and
> manage to read thousands of small files at high speed.
>  
> I probably go with one of the PCIe cards coming out soon (like OCZ Z-Drive,
> or PhotoFast Monster) if the price is ok. PCIe cards have the advantage that
> they get over the 300MBps (theoretical) limit that SATA-II has. 
> 
> The OCZ Vertex-II drive also looks promising:
> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task
> =view
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Stefan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
> Behalf Of Ross Levis
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:56
> To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
> Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
> 
> I'm looking forward to larger cheaper solid state drives which last up to
> 100 years, replacing hard drives which fail every few years.  10+ times
> faster than a hard drive.  I've heard a PC with one of these drives can boot
> Windows XP in 4 seconds.
> 
> Prices will get below US$2 per GB this year.  It's still out of my price
> range, but I'm considering upgrading my laptop's hard drive to a 240GB
> SanDisk drive later this year.
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8040
> 
> Ross.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
> Behalf Of Richard Bullin
> Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:15 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues
> 
> I'm not really sure if 300mb classifies Delphi as a memory hog if you
> look at getting one of the below computers with 192GB of ram, I foresee
> a surge in lazy programmers :)
> 
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
> articleId=9130538
> 
> 
> Richard 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> On Behalf Of Alister Christie
> Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:01 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues
> 
> Currently I'm on 254MB.
> 
> Close Delphi - 0MB
> Open Delphi - 11MB
> Open Project - 71MB
> Compile - 154MB (peaking at around 170MB)
> Open a Project with modeling support - 215MB
> 
> And the numbers just keep going up from there the more you do.
> 
> I think it's fair to say that it is a bit of a memory hog.  Although I 
> have 6 chrome processes running currently eating up a total of 155MB.
> 
> I guess we could turn this into a discussion of who is running the most 
> memory hungry App and/or instance of Delphi currently?
> (Currently Jeremy leads at 307MB)
> 
> Alister Christie
> Computers for People
> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
> http://www.salespartner.co.nz
> PO Box 13085
> Johnsonville
> Wellington 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremy Coulter wrote:
>> Does anyone else get issues with BDS.exe (delphi 2007) using a HEAP of
> 
>> memory?
>> at the moment its sitting on 307mb of mem usage !
>>
>> Admittedly my current machine only has 2GB (new machine has been 
>> ordered....YAY) but seriously, thats HEAPS.
>> In saying that, I notic that FireFox is sitting on 131mb too.
>>
>> just wondered if this is a common issue, and if there is a solution to
> 
>> it or not.
>>
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>>
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