aMule Forum

English => aMule Help => Topic started by: Core on March 13, 2008, 12:28:18 AM

Title: What's the MAX Limit of Active Files & File Sources for aMule?
Post by: Core on March 13, 2008, 12:28:18 AM

I'll be running on WinXP and i was wondering what's the Maximum number of Files and File Sources that can be run for an instance of aMule?  Shareaza for example, has the limit of 100 Files and 800 Sources, i would like to compare.

Title: Re: What's the MAX Limit of Active Files & File Sources for aMule?
Post by: Core on March 15, 2008, 01:34:24 AM

Any experienced users or coders know the limits imposed by aMule regarding Active File limits??

Title: Re: What's the MAX Limit of Active Files & File Sources for aMule?
Post by: wuischke on March 15, 2008, 02:35:50 AM

I can't give you numbers for Windows, but it is higher than that.

There's a limit for amuled (the daemon) of about 1000 files due to limitations of the underlying library and I know of people reaching this limit. The monolithic version should support even more files, at least on Linux, but I personally haven't tested this.

The same applies for sources, I lack the practical experience. I guess you could reach a couple of thousands sources (I would estimate the maximum to be at 5000-10000), but I wouldn't recommend going that high. This would put quite some strain on your network connection.

I would suggest regarding 2000-3000 sources maximum as a practical limit, although more should be possible.

Title: Re: What's the MAX Limit of Active Files & File Sources for aMule?
Post by: Core on March 15, 2008, 05:20:16 AM

Thank you, the limit is going down as 1000 Active Files, if you find out more please advise. 
Btw, what is meant by 'monolithic' in your post?  i'm unfamiliar to your reference, please explain.  Tia!

Title: Re: What's the MAX Limit of Active Files & File Sources for aMule?
Post by: wuischke on March 15, 2008, 10:57:01 AM

Monolithic is the normal aMule application, which includes the GUI and the core in one application, just like eMule.

Title: Re: What's the MAX Limit of Active Files & File Sources for aMule?
Post by: Core on March 16, 2008, 08:28:19 AM

Got that, thanks again.  =)