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On 12/02/2020 12:45 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:33 PM Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote: |
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>> Am Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 02:46:56PM -0700 schrieb thelma@×××××××××××.com: |
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>>> Nothing scientific, but I was surprised how fast M.2 disk so decided to |
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>>> time how fast GnuCash will load my accounting, her it is: |
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>>> |
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>>> Box 1.) |
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>>> WD (spinning disk) CPU AMD-8150 (8-core), 16GiB |
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>>> Time to open GnuCash - 23sec. |
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>>> |
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>>> Box 2.) |
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>>> Samsung SSD 850, CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core, 16GiB |
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>>> Time to open GnuCash - 15sec. |
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>> I can hardly believe that. Does your duration include the entire boot |
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>> process? If so, the times look quite alright, but that’s not what |
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>> description says. |
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> Keep in mind these are different hosts, probably running different |
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> software with different workloads/optimizations, with different CPUs, |
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> differing amounts of RAM, and different storage technologies. |
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> It isn't particularly controversial to suppose that M.2 (NVMe) is |
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> going to be faster than SATA-based SSD, which is going to be faster |
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> than spinning disks. |
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> When you want to get to the exact differences you need to test on |
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> configurations that are otherwise identical, and also account for |
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> stuff like caching. |
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> Note also that M.2 is a form-factor, and you can find SATA-based M.2 |
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> drives which aren't going to perform any better than any other |
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> SATA-based drive. Also, since NVMe is far more capable than SATA/AHCI |
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> it matters even more exactly what NVMe drive you're talking about. |
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> The storage device itself, and the PCIe version can make a difference, |
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> and of course you need a CPU/MB that can actually take advantage of |
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> the drive's full capability. |
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> You might not need the max performance NVMe is capable of, but it is |
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> something you should be aware of if you want to benchmark it. |
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You are correct, it wasn't any benchmark test. And yes, the old PC are |
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about 10-year old and 3-4 years old; and the new one is just assembled. |
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But I was surprised how fast the GnuCash open the database on a new box, |
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so I time it for a curiosity. |
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