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BitTorrent is a P2P shared software similar to Edonkey2000gui Client (commonly known as "eDonkey"), referred to as BT, Chinese called "Bit". It is an excellent multi-point download tool, its new download concept - the more speeds downloaded, the faster, and gradually accepts people. With the popularity of the application, one problem has gradually become the focus of everyone's debate: BitTorrent will not hurt the hard drive? This article will make a simple analysis of this issue and give the optimization method.
Everyone knows that the reason why BT can provide such a high download speed because of the download of the file, it also provides the download service of this file. One point of view is that when a file has n personal download, the hard disk is to bear 1 download and N-1 upload (ie, you provide the download provided by others), if there is N × 10 or N × 100 people at the same time Download, the load of the hard disk will greatly increase, resulting in damage to the chance. Another point of view is that the hard disk read and write is normal, and the hard disk has a parameter called continuous failure time (MTBF). It refers to the maximum time of the hard disk from starting to fail, the general hard disk MTBF is at least 30000 hours. More, and the user uses BT download time is far from this time, so it is not too much harm to the hard disk using BT.
The author believes that compared with the general occasion, use BT will read and write the hard disk more frequently, to a certain extent, will speed up the aging of the hard disk, but if we pay attention to the use of time and take certain optimization measures, this impact can ignore.
1. Set larger cache values
BT multi-threaded download and upload, Windows default 512KB cache is obviously not enough. If there is 256MB or more, set the cache to some of the frequencies that should be reduced by hard disk read and write. It is generally based on 8MB to 16MB effect. The author is set to 32MB, and the four BT processes are opened at the same time, and the flashing of the hard disk indicator is still normal. The specific steps are as follows (Take Windows XP):
Enter "regedit" in "Start → Run", open the Registry Editor, and open it in turn
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CURRENTCONTROLSET \Control \Session Manager\Memory Management \" can.
Note: You must enter a hexadecimal value, 32MB corresponds to 8000, 16MB corresponding 4000. It is highly recommended to back up the registry first.
If it is a Windows NT system, run "regedit.exe" under the "System Distribution \winnt" directory, enter the Registry Editor, look up the string "minlnitsize", change the key value by "4" to "20" (Hexadecimal number, equivalent to the decimal number 32).
2. Reduce priority
