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    I haven't tried with VI Pro yet. I'll have to check what speed my memory is, but 667 sounds about right.

    DG
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    I cannot answer to your PM

    ---- my answer -----

    Hi DG


    Good Idea, but what VSL lib do you own ?
    I can do the same with your template
    Best
    Cyril
  • D
    D

     I realised that I don't have SE, only the Cube and assorted other stuff, so I doubt that I can test with your template. Sorry.

    DG
  • M
    M

    Just did an informal test:

    - 9 GB template (VSL only, 4 instances of VePro)

    loading time 1:50 

    - 14 GB template (the same as above + 1 VePro with quite a lot of Kontakt)

    loading time 3:50

    this is on a PC slave i7-930 with Crucial RealSSD 240 GB (main machine is a MacPro), no RAIDS

    Win 7 (64 Pro), everything in 64bit

    I have the feeling that RAIDing SSDs for samples wouldn't make it still faster ...

    Greetings from sunny Austria 

    Michael
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    Hello

    With DG comment, I have find out that my template is using much more than the 16 GB I have in my Macpro !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    MenuMeter was  reporting bad results [:@]

    Using Monitor.app I have find out that it starts swapping [:@]

    I have done a test with the New VE Pro 6776 using VI Pro, the loading take more time !

    I will install BigTop and I will do more test today with templates that does not go over my 16 GB !

    Concerning your comment about the Raid 0, look at the Xbench results  I have posted !!!

    Best

    Cyril
  • M
    M

    Ah, ok ...

    When i built this sample machine I planned 12 GB, but one week later ordered another 12 GB for it, for a total of 24 GB [Y]

    it really showed

    Sorry I overlooked your RAID numbers, you are right. I decided against RAIDing only for the sake of simplicity. Maybe with a 20 GB template I will think again ... 

    All the best Michael
  • D
    D
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    @Cyril said:

    Hello

    With DG comment, I have find out that my template is using much more than the 16 GB I have in my Macpro !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    MenuMeter was  reporting bad results

    Using Monitor.app I have find out that it starts swapping

    Best

    Cyril

     

    I would cut that test template down to around 10 or 12GB, becuase the nearer you get to 16GB, the more the OS will screw with the test results.

    Is it possible (I can't remember what you have) to set up a template using only the Appassionata, and then we can compare? Or if you like, I'll do it. It doesn't matter whether or not it is a useful template; it's just the amount of samples to be loaded that would help with comparisons.

    DG
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    Hello

    If I load my Appassionata template after the SE plus template it takes 4 mn to load

    If I load my Appassionata template first it take 31 seconds

    Looks I will have to buy more memory !

    Who wants to buy my 2x2GB stick ?  120 euro ? if you buy 6 stick I will give you the 2 X 1GB Mac stick delivered with the Macpro

    Best 

    Cyril
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    Xbench using Apple Raid software :

    Results 435.94

    System Info

    Xbench Version 1.3

    System Version 10.6.4 (10F569)

    Physical RAM 16384 MB

    Model MacPro2,1

    Drive Type apple raid

    Disk Test 435.94

    Sequential 271.31

    Uncached Write 290.71 178.49 MB/sec [4K blocks]

    Uncached Write 354.19 200.40 MB/sec [256K blocks]

    Uncached Read 133.22 38.99 MB/sec [4K blocks]

    Uncached Read 1027.17 516.25 MB/sec [256K blocks]

    Random 1108.77

    Uncached Write 778.76 82.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]

    Uncached Write 637.48 204.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]

    Uncached Read 3025.05 21.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]

    Uncached Read 2357.15 437.39 MB/sec [256K blocks]
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    Hello

    Here is some graphics

    1) Loading my 12 GB template :

    ftp://www.cyrilblanc.fr/public/loadingvsl.png

    2) Copying VSL LIB !( 113 GB ) from a 256 GB SSD to A Raid 0 of 3 x 64 GB SSD

    ftp://www.cyrilblanc.fr/public/ssdraid.pdf

    Comment :

    I dont know what is VSL doing, but it never go more than 85 MB/s
    And it is an average load of 9.5 MB, this is very bad !!!!!!
    In loading the Brass, (12:36:40) there is no traffic for a while !!!!!!!
    Mac OS is using Swap when memory used is between  9 and 10 GB 

    If I load separately all the elements of my mframe64 it takes 4 mn, if it is VE pRO server that is loading all of them it take at the best 13 mn with the Raid 0 os SSD

    this is all the test I have made :

    ftp://www.cyrilblanc.fr/public/vsltable.png

    Best

    Cyril