Re: ntfs-3g, azureus and file creation

Yuval Fledel wrote:
> On 7/16/06, Michael Pujos wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm using Azureus to retrieve and write files on a NTFS partiton.
>> It works fine except I've seen the ntfs-3g take 300Mb RAM at file
>> creation (the file to create was about that size), and
>> so the system started to swap and become jerky for a few seconds. Also
>> CPU usage was quite high during that time.
>> Then the process regain normal mem usage.
>
> This is an Azureus specific "bug". ntfs-3g was not optimized for such
> "features".
> As a workaround, enable Tools -> Options -> Files -> "Enable
> incremental file creation.".
>
It was enabled ! The problem is the huge amount of memory taken for a 
period of time. Probably only azureus or possibly other P2P programs trigger
this, as it is an unusual operation.




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