Hi,
Usually, fragmented disk should not influence CPU performance. It does slow down addressing the disk (just like with any other programs), but it should not affect CPU performance.
Also, for how long exactly was MultiCharts working non-stop? And data for how many symbols was it collecting?
Regards.
Thank you for your reply...
I was running MC for less than a week, but more than a couple of days, ... I don't remember exactly. The number of symbols being collected was just for emini-Dow from IQFeed, symbol @YM#. I had four workspaces, each with about 3 charts, and some of the charts combined Volume-bars with time-based bars, e.g., 500 contracts + 5min bars, and another had 500 contracts + 50 contracts-bars on same chart.
Is there considerable more CPU load when plotting volume-bars, and/or volume-bars plus time-interval-bars (intraday)? This was my original suspicion, but when I closed ALL worksheets, there was little reduction on the 50% level for the CPU, so then I closed MultiCharts application next. Still continued to see high (50%) CPU used by the process "tsserver". So next I closed the QuoteManager too, and the CPU level remained about the same high level (for process tsserver). No other application was running accept for my anti-virus and fire-wall (Kaspersky Internet Suite).
The tsserver process continued to run even after closing MC and QuoteManager..... I assume that is what is supposed to happen, right? It continues to collect and store any 'online' symbols, regardless of whether MC or QuoteManager continue to be used, right? In any case, tsserver did continue to run for at least a minute before I decided to reboot, and defrag, and then check everything again.
Any more comments and or corrections to my undertanding would be appreciated.