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tuning: add a note about scrolling

Thomas Waldmann 10 years ago
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 You can exclude these, so they don't waste time and space.
 You can exclude these, so they don't waste time and space.
 
 
+Avoid scrolling
+---------------
+If you do benchmarks, avoid creating a lot of log output, especially if it
+means scrolling text in a window on a graphical user interface.
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+Rather use much less log output or at least redirect the output to a log file,
+that is also much faster than scrolling.
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 Speed (in general)
 Speed (in general)
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 Keep an eye on CPU and I/O bounds. Try to find the sweet spot in the middle
 Keep an eye on CPU and I/O bounds. Try to find the sweet spot in the middle