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    Hello

    I met a problem to use  cpu with the sequencer.

    it uses only 13% of resource and 1 CORE.


    for sequencing "CATIA V5 R18" in the sequencing of the block or refreshes the VFS, it take more 7 hours.

    have you a solution,  for the sequencer take more resource or CORE,or make best perf ?

    PC config
    2CPU 4 core
    8GB ram
    XP Pro SP2
    APP-V 4.5 SP1 sequencer

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 4:05 PM

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    ...to expand on what znack said...

    The main processing of the sequencer is single threaded, so the maximum CPU you would see for a significant period of time would be 50% on a dual cpu machine.  That you are seeing only 13% most likely means that disk I/O performance is the limiting factor.  Running the sequencer on a VM on a laptop (which normally have slower disks) would likely cause what you describe.  Sequencing on a server VM, especially where the disk is higher speed and organized as a raw partition, would substantially spead up such a sequence.

    Fortuntatly, very large packages like Catia don't need to be sequenced very often!

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    [NOTE: Re-reading your post, perhaps you have 4 logical processors, in which case you would get 12.5% maximum CPU.  If this is the case, only a faster CPU would help.  But then 7 hours seems like a lot]
    Friday, December 4, 2009 12:58 AM
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    hello,

    I would think that disk-performance would be more of a factor - especially since it can not use all the ram you have given it.

    Whats your disk-configuration?

    /Znack

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 4:15 PM
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    ...to expand on what znack said...

    The main processing of the sequencer is single threaded, so the maximum CPU you would see for a significant period of time would be 50% on a dual cpu machine.  That you are seeing only 13% most likely means that disk I/O performance is the limiting factor.  Running the sequencer on a VM on a laptop (which normally have slower disks) would likely cause what you describe.  Sequencing on a server VM, especially where the disk is higher speed and organized as a raw partition, would substantially spead up such a sequence.

    Fortuntatly, very large packages like Catia don't need to be sequenced very often!

    ________

    [NOTE: Re-reading your post, perhaps you have 4 logical processors, in which case you would get 12.5% maximum CPU.  If this is the case, only a faster CPU would help.  But then 7 hours seems like a lot]
    Friday, December 4, 2009 12:58 AM
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    hello

    I use fujitsu Siemens V840 D2533; 2XAMD 64Bits  Quad core 2350 2.3Ghz; 8GO Ram; 520 Go Hardrive SATA2.

      have you knows an best config for good and fast sequencing ?
    Friday, December 4, 2009 1:18 PM
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    Hello,

    Try to get two partitions on seperated spindles (meaning physical drives). Perhaps they can even be set for RAID configuration to improve performance?

    /Znack
    Friday, December 4, 2009 1:21 PM
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    Hello

    I have make the change, 3HD (2 raid ,1 systems).

    No real gain  -~20mn.

    /Xandine


    Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:55 AM
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    Hello,

    From where is it installed? CD, network share, local-drive?

    Have you tried increasing the speed and using only a single core?

    /Znack
    Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:13 PM