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Subject: Re: Fritz Hiarcs Engine - doesn't use the hash given it?

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 20:52:58 07/28/98

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On July 28, 1998 at 16:26:57, Tina Long wrote:

>Hi guys,
>I've got a little memory measurer on my desktop - with just windows going it
>says I have 43meg avaiulable (of my 64) before I start spinning the hard disk.
>
>When I use Fritz5 with Fritz 5 engine, 32meg hash, my available memory drops to
>1meg.
>
>When I use Fritz5 with Fritz 5 engine, 0meg hash, my available memory drops to
>23meg.
>
>When I use Fritz5 with Hiarcs engine, 32meg hash, available memory drops to
>23meg.
>
>When I use Fritz5 with Hiarcs engine, 0meg hash, available memory drops to
>23meg.
>
>When I use Fritz5 with Hiarcs engine, 50meg hash, available memory drops to
>23meg.
>
>When I use Fritz5 with Hiarcs engine, the % hash full box shows - - - -.
>
>Conclusion/question doesn't Hiarcs use the hash it's offerred,
>
>Thanks in anticipation
>Tina Long
>
>(I also posted this to RGCC)


You're right, Hiarcs use at most about 9 Megs of hash table.  You should not
watch your available memory though, because your disk cach size changes as well.
 I always watch my allocated memory and my disk cache size both and this is how
I came to the figure of 9 Megs.

Kind regards, Ernst-Jan.



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