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system too slow?
« on: October 09, 2005, 09:54:16 PM »
hey guys,

i've just a little question about the ressources, amule takes from my system.
i have a mac mini with 512mb ram. when i start my amule, it takes about 20 secounds, until my system slows down. is it normal, for such a new mac? or am doing something wrong? i attached you my connections settings. perhaps that will helps you solving my problem ;)

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Re: system too slow?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2005, 02:07:49 AM »
amule is pretty resource-hungry on the Mac (probably mainly because of wxWidgets). Your primary limiting factor is probably RAM, because the 512MB you got is the minimum requirement for running Tiger.

However you should be able to tweak things a bit:
- Try 130 "Max Connections" instead of the 900 you are currently using.
- set your sources per file hard limit to 200 or 300 instead of 500
- What's the upload bandwidth your connection has? If it's only 16kB/s set your upload rate in amule to 10kB/s.
- In the amule preferences under Core Tweaks, set "Max new connections / 5 sec" to 7
- in Preferences->Source Dropping make sure you don't use "Send sources to other file before dropping"
- then there is some vodoo that Ken and I like to employ: when not interacting with amule switch to the Server List Dialog or the Search Dialog and then hide it using .

Please report back your results. :)
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Re: system too slow?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2005, 03:33:08 AM »
I'd like to know if "slowdown" is about network or the OS.
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Re: system too slow?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2005, 07:15:54 PM »
hi,

i changed the preferences and osx seems to run faster. but i'll report again in a few days for an exactlier result.
but i have also another question depending on "Internet Sharing" on mac osx tiger.
my ibook is connected, through my mac mini to the internet via Internet Sharing. i already forwarded the ports, amule requieres. but when i try to start amule on my ibook, it won't start up- and downloading. i always recieve low id. on my mini i also recieve low id's, but amule is able to up- and download. is here anybody who has the same problem, or a solution for my problem?

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