[Etementaki8]

Hardly a pressing matter, but just for sake of curiosity.

One of my Emule machines Netvista P3, XP, reliable and silent at that, as I check PSU/HD every 2 years to make sure no more (new psu/recapping/HDD…) then maintenance and dust hygiene is required and machine seems to be just fine. Latest Emule version, machine and setup that is superbly working fine for years, recently, this dedicated Emule machine, from time to time, awaits me in limbo. Not shutdown/boot, but in state of limbo while HDD is clearly ON as is the rest of machine.

As time permits, just yesterday, tried to analyze logs and to get some sense, how, and what exactly triggers this state. Then I’ve learned that every file over 1 gig is testing strenuous amounts of time and resources for Emule to actually finalize the same. Something over 70%, sometimes at the very end, but, most likely results with XP in limbo state. Then nothing but fresh reset/boot is capable of bringing things in order. No file is damaged, no corruption of any sorts, everything awaits me exactly where it was, but…. any next attempt for Emule to finalize this file - is futile.

I have deliberately recreated this situation with mentioned size, simply to consistently prove this is so.. Truth be told, when Emule is finalizing such files, CPU is maxed out to say least, which led me to believe either memory or PSU is under heavy burden and can’t no longer cope. I’ve tested everything on its own, but no sing of error. Also HDD for Emule files is never without at least 20% of free space.

Just curious, is there something dedicated within Emule, for fine-tuning file download priority?

Thanks for your insights and help


P.S. also is the: http://upd.emule-sec...rg/ipfilter.zip still relevant, or better recommendation exists at the moment.

[fox88]

1. Assuming you checked for disk errors (chkdsk /f /r), fragmentation can slow down disk access.
2. Download priority could be changed for categories and for each file. Is that what you asked about?
3. Emule-security is a good effort, but unfortunately all current IP filters are based on very old sources.