How to lower memory usage?

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ynut
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Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:01 pm

How to lower memory usage?

Post by ynut »

Hi,

I am using the 1.5 alpha,. I like it a lot but it is using like 2GB private bytes memory. My laptop has only 4GB memory. I would like to lower its memory usage. What is the best way to go about it?
void
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Re: How to lower memory usage?

Post by void »

Could you please send some database statistics:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Statistics
  • What is shown at the top under Database?
You should see about 100MB per 1million files.



Please try disabling recent changes.

Please try excluding unnecessary files.

Please use exclude filters for content indexing.

Please use exclude filters for property indexing.
ynut
Posts: 11
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:01 pm

Re: How to lower memory usage?

Post by ynut »

Hi

Here are the stats


Indexed file properties: Name, Path, Size, Date Modified
Indexed folder properties: Name, Path, Size, Date Modified
Fast sorts: Name, Path, Size, Date Modified
Folder count: 2,108,521
File count: 21,898,119
Total item count: 24,006,640
FAT index count: 0
NTFS index count: 6
ReFS index count: 0
Network drive index count: 3
Folder index count: 0
File list index count: 0
Network index count: 0
Total index count: 9
Folder data size: 83,388,666 bytes
File data size: 1,118,579,601 bytes
Total data size: 1,201,968,267 bytes
Average folder data size: 39 bytes
Average file data size: 51 bytes
Folder index size: 67,472,672 bytes
File index size: 700,739,808 bytes
Total index size: 768,212,480 bytes
Total size: 1,970,180,747 bytes
Folders created: 464,863
Folders modified: 2,451,353
Folders deleted: 461,361
Folders moved: 316
Files created: 5,210,952
Files modified: 1,031,102
Files deleted: 5,046,608
Files moved: 227,882

Journal
Enabled: Yes
ID: 01d7f7c99a8c0123
Size: 1,010,657 bytes
Max size: 1,048,576 bytes
First item ID: 10911321
Next item ID: 10916124
Item count: 4,803

Build
Count: 5
Total duration: 01:05:14
Minimum duration: 32.503984 seconds
Maximum duration: 3,503.285510 seconds
Average duration: 782.875521 seconds
Last duration: 242.345556 seconds
Last build date: 12/23/2021 12:56 AM

I will take a look at your recommendations.
void
Developer
Posts: 15533
Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:31 pm

Re: How to lower memory usage?

Post by void »

Thank you for the stats.
File count: 21,898,119
2GB of ram usage is expected for 21 million files.



To slightly reduce the memory requirements of Everything (~336MB), please try disabling size and date modified indexing:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Indexes tab on the left.
  • Uncheck Index file size.
  • Uncheck Index date modified.
  • Click OK.
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