CPU usage

[Miika Varis]

I'm using PDP 2.04 trial version with a 80 gig virtual disk. Every other day I copy a large batch of files, around 6 gig, to the DPD virtual disk. I start the copy with Windows Explorer and leave it on the background while I do my office work with other applications. My concern is that DPD generates a 40-70% CPU load during that 10 to 15 minutes while the files are copied to the virtual disk. I cannot do effectively any work during that time.

I understand that DPD requires a lot of processor capasity to do all the encrypting and processing for the files. For a development idea I would suggest that DPD options would include some simple methods to set process priority to a lower level or throttle max CPU usage. On the expense of virtual disk speed, of course.

-Miika Varis

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[Miika Varis]

I'm using PDP 2.04 trial version with a 80 gig virtual disk. Every other day I copy a large batch of files, around 6 gig, to the DPD virtual disk. I start the copy with Windows Explorer and leave it on the background while I do my office work with other applications. My concern is that DPD generates a 40-70% CPU load during that 10 to 15 minutes while the files are copied to the virtual disk. I cannot do effectively any work during that time.

I understand that DPD requires a lot of processor capasity to do all the encrypting and processing for the files. For a development idea I would suggest that DPD options would include some simple methods to set process priority to a lower level or throttle max CPU usage. On the expense of virtual disk speed, of course.

-Miika Varis

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[Miika Varis]

Is anything being done to the high CPU usage?
An option to use lower priority would solve the issue.

-Miika Varis

[Miika Varis]

Is anything being done to the high CPU usage?
An option to use lower priority would solve the issue.

-Miika Varis

[support]

We are planning to implement such a feature.
Sorry for not replying earlier [your message has been here for quite a while]. The feature is indeed very useful.


Adding it is in our plans, but we are currently focused on other tasks, so I cannot tell you whether we can implement it soon or not.


I will increase its priority in our to-do list, this should speed up the process.

[support]

We are planning to implement such a feature.
Sorry for not replying earlier [your message has been here for quite a while]. The feature is indeed very useful.


Adding it is in our plans, but we are currently focused on other tasks, so I cannot tell you whether we can implement it soon or not.


I will increase its priority in our to-do list, this should speed up the process.