Hello, I decided to switch over from μTorrent ( because it does not support huge torrents +2TB ), after ~15 minutes i experienced first problem. Download speeds are ~really~ unstable ( http://imgkk.com/i/1jmp.png ).
I’m using BitComet 64bit 1.32 Stable release.
I have currently set minimum cache size to 5120MB and maximum to 10240MB ( average usage is ~7.2GB ).
On a side note, I just noticed that program is freezing up quite often. Now that i think about it, download speeds possibly drop due to those freezes, maybe there is any known fixes?
http://imgkk.com/i/qw7p.png performance graph of BitComet.
System:
Gigabyte p67a ud3p
Intel i7 2600k ( 8 core @ 4.9Ghz )
Kingston KHX16C9K ( 4x8GB @ 1600Mhz Dual Channel )
+350 Mbit internet connection
Using disc cache size that large is highly unusual, I’d recommend you reduce it and see if that improves. Ideally you should use only as much disc cache as is required to prevent constant disc read/writes on your drive
TUUS, AFAIK the only current reason for the existence of a 64 bit version of BC is the support for large cache sizes.
The guy has 32GB of RAM so if he decides that he wants to use 10GB for cache, who’s to say that’s wrong?
If that doesn’t go well with BC then this **is **a bug since the 64 bit version is supposed to do well exactly under these circumstances.
Writing into RAM or reading from it shouldn’t be harder than on disk, it should be easier.
More cache should improve the overall performance not decrease it.
Otherwise this defeats the purpose of the whole thing, doesn’t it?
Just to make sure, you ARE using a 64 bit OS, aren’t you?
I agree, but if the system is becoming unresponsive, then something is wrong so my suggestion was to try a smaller disc cache.
We haven’t had a lot of experience with members using 10gb disc cache, as far as I know this is the first member reporting this, so there may be a problem.
Also, I don’t think he could have installed the 64bit version if he didn’t have 64bit os.
I don’t think I get the instability. Bittorrent speeds are never stable as you are evidently thinking, since they consist of many little pieces downloaded from many different peers. If you were expecting a smooth sweep, as if you were downloading steadily from a server, that’s not going to happen.
