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Scan slowing down exponentially over time

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:22 pm
by Paul America
using 4b

Im scannign 10TB of media files, mostly videos (in terms of size).

The first ~69 percent of my scan probably got done in 2 hours.

10 hours later it was at 93%.

Now, 22 hours later, it is apparently stuck at 99.7%. Two hard drives spinning at 95% disk usage, just to scan the last thousand or two files.

Why this logarithmic slow down? Should I just scan in smaller chunks to avoid this perhaps?

Also, is there a way to have activity on these threads emailed to us? So i dont have to come here to check if anyone replied?

Re: Scan slowing down exponentially over time

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 3:10 pm
by therube
What are you scan parameters?

is there a way to have activity on these threads emailed
User Control Panel | Edit Posting Defaults -> Edit Posting Defaults => Notify me upon replies by default

(I've never used it, so can't say if it works.)

Re: Scan slowing down exponentially over time

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:00 pm
by DigitalVolcano
Paul America wrote:using 4b
Why this logarithmic slow down? Should I just scan in smaller chunks to avoid this perhaps?
Which mode was it scanning in? Did it finish?

Could have been a memory issue.?