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steveyos

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Message 62359 - Posted: 28 May 2015, 14:08:22 UTC

Do projects get done faster with disk checkpoints set to 1 second? I've got the best computer there is no cause for concern I've already got all the rest of the settings at 11 I just don't get this one. Thanks in advance.
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Richard Haselgrove
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Message 62361 - Posted: 28 May 2015, 14:20:44 UTC - in response to Message 62359.  

You may have the best computer, but unless you have it on the best UPS as well, you're still vulnerable to power outages.

Checkpoints are written to enable you to recover with minimal work loss after an outage. They do take (a very small amount of) time to write: projects *might* run slightly faster if you checkpoint less often (longer interval), but you'd lose correspondingly more work every time you reboot for maintenance.
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