OpenFlashFire version f0001 and f0002

[zartoven]

Here are two versions:

f0001 version is a quick-fix for f0000, which has a serious bug for write request handling.
(f0000 version cause a serious data inconsistency problem, thus I will remove the file)

OpenFFire-f0001.zip

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In f0002 version, I added a feature to controlling write buffer size elastically. It starts from 8MB, and it increases buffer in 1MB unit by its own decision based on buffer usage.
While I am implementing this feature, I detected a serious bug in the first f0000 version, and I fixed it in f0001 version.
It is because f0002's new feature has not much been evaluated.
The maximum buffer size is configurable, and it is set as 256MB by default. (refer to install.reg file)

OpenFFire-f0002.zip

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Maybe within July, I will add installer/uninstaller, which are used for the old FlashFire versions.

These versions are tested only on Windows XP (32bit).

[Daedalus]

f0000 destroyed my file system which probably was because of this bug.
f0002 seems to be working very well. No problems so far...

btw: The link on the start page isn't working, should be "http://flashfire.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=23&sid=2401481cec5b0d37d821-e14a9e02ab94"

[juandante]

Me too, and f0002 is perfect on Windows XP 32 bit version.

[ekerazha]

Aspire One with slow SSD
Windows XP SP3

I tried f0002 and it was much slower than 0.a0, so I tried to change the ClusterSize param to 32k (because I have 32k clusters for my FAT32 partition), reboot... BSOD "Page Fault in NonPaged Area" I have to format my SSD now.

[ekerazha]

I reinstalled Windows and I'm trying OpenFlashFire f0001. I tried it with or without deadline and I have to say it is much worse than FlashFire 0.9, 0.a0 etc. It often freezes my system with the HDD led always on, I'd say I have a better experience without OpenFlashFire as I've to disable it using offmon everytime it freezes. So much worse than FlashFire 0.9c and 0.a0, much much much worse.

[ekerazha]

I reverted to 0.a0 and it's much better now. At the moment I can't recommend OpenFlashFire over FlashFire.

[juandante]

Why did you change the cluster size, I never did ? And did you disabled the two options available with the utility ? In fact I did and the f00002 version became as fast as the previous versions. That was so cool.

Anyway I'm using the a0 version because I'm on Windows 7... (didn't try the other versions).

[Azi]

Hi
Excellent work!
v f0002 is very good, but the dynamic cache sizing process is too conservative.. better to use good formula to change the buffer size (aggressive increase & conservative decrease)..

Cheers,
Azi.

[roadranger]

I miss the status display of the "old" versions so I made this batch file to simulate it. Save the following as offmonstat.bat in the same directory that you store offmon.exe :

Code: Select all

:start
cls
offmon.exe
sleep 1000
goto start

You must also download and install the following file in c:\windows :
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Sleep-Download-30791.html

This will display the status and update it every 1000 milliseconds.

[roadranger]

Is there a way to change the "deadline" from 5 seconds to 10 or 15?