[Box Backup] High CPU load since 0.10 on Windows

[Andreas Schrafl]

Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Martin Ebourne wrote:
>> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 22:39 +0100, Andreas Schrafl wrote:
>>> First once again thank you for this really easy and smooth application.
>>>
>>> Since I switched to BoxBackup 0.10 I'm having quite often some very 
>>> heavy CPU load produced by BoxBackup. Before I didn't even notice it. 
>>> I changed nothing in the config file. Is anybody also experiencing 
>>> these CPU load peeks? They quite often almost stall my Computer 
>>> (opening a new mail in Thunderbird took about 20 seconds compared to 
>>> an instant normally).
>>
>> Have you got any directories with lots of files?
>>
>> These are currently not handled well and will give the symptoms you
>> experience. See the list archives for more info.
> 
> Also, are you using the latest build, 1096? If not, please try it. It's 
> available here:
> 
>   [http://bbdev.fluffy.co.uk/trac/wiki/WindowsClientReleases]
> 
> Two bugs were fixed in build 716 which might be relevant:
> 
> * (Windows) Hopefully fixed the inaccurate sleep problem after backup
>   errors, which might cause the daemon to wait much longer than expected
>   before retrying, and use too much CPU while doing so.
> 
> * (Windows) Fixed infinite loop with 100% CPU usage when a read error
>   occurs on the named pipe
> 
> If 1096 doesn't work for you for any reason, please tell us, but please 
> also give 716 a try. It's also available for download on the same page.
> 
> Cheers, Chris.
Thanks for the link.

I have updated to the new version 1096 (was running 784) and haven't 
observed any burst since then but it is a bit to early to tell. I'll 
inform you if they return.

Thanks for your help
Andy