[Skimmertalk] Improving computer performance

[wc2l at wc2l.com]

Hi Folks, 
I have been seeing some errors on the machine that is doing all of the
skimming, reporting and of course the cluster. I have done a lot of clean up
and have been able to improve some of items. I have started to use Resource
Monitor. I'm pretty new to it. I'm seeing things with a tad more clarity.
Definitely more info than Task Manager! 

 

Here are some changes recently made and what may or may not be helping.. 

I set System -> Power -> Power Mode -> Best performance - Some improvement
(forgot this when I replaced the HDs). 
Moved the Red Pitaya to a direct connect to one of the GB NICs on the PC (2
1GB and 1 2.5GB). Definitely no bottlenecks on the network! 
Some HD writing, but with some spikes. I'm using a RAM disk for the digital
mode files that get written and deleted. Been doing this for a while. 



One of the things I'm noticing is in the Resource Monitor lots of JT9.exe
saying JT9 - WSJT-X slow mode decoder (terminated). 

CWSL_Digi - I have seen CPU overload messages. Usually not after a restart. 

Stopping RTTY Skimmers really has not had a big effect. Not as much as I
have heard, but also not as lot of activity at the moment. 

It seems that the 15 second interval I'm seeing more CPU spikes than with
anything. CUP Utilization is 30-60% with 100% spikes (some last a bit). Even
with the RTTY shut off. About every 30 seconds, I see large disk writing.
Of, course not all the time. 

 

What can you suggest to improve the performance. This has been a pretty
rock-solid work station.. 

Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6128 CPUs @ 3.40GHz. I think the Intel Xeon Scalable
family processors will fit in my PC, I can almost buy a new K4D for the cost
of a pair of processors! Of course that depends on cores/speed! 
112GB of RAM

2 1TB SSDs HDs, 1 HD is the OS, 1 HD is Data. 

Windows 11 Pro. Would I be better off with a server OS? 

My gut tells me the volume of FT modes has sky rocketed. I don't see it
slowing down. I'm starting to evaluate the practicality of running this at
home. What is the cost of preplacement? Processors alone are scary!! 

 

Suggestions on how to improve what I have (OS and/or hardware)! 
TNX Will WC2L 

 

William Liporace WC2L

https://www.wc2l.com or https://dxc.wc2l.com

AR-Cluster Node  telnet dxc.wc2l.com 7373 or 144.93 MHz

wc2l at wc2l.com

 

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