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Subject: Re: Hash size - when is enough enough ?

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 07:51:39 04/20/04

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On April 20, 2004 at 08:17:35, Ray Banks wrote:

>Is there a "sweet spot" for the size of the hash tables, i.e. a point beyond
>which increasing it any further has negligible effect on strength ?
>
>Does an incraese from say 128MB to 256MB have a noticeable effect, and what
>about beyond 256MB ?



depends entirely on individual engine design.
If disk swapping is guaranteed not to occur, 2 Gigabyte hash will make engine
really happy AT ALL TIME CONTROLS.

/Matthias

• Error Matthias Gemuh 12:36:19 04/20/04
• Re: Hash size - when is enough enough ? Bernardo Wesler 08:24:58 04/20/04
  • Re: Hash size - when is enough enough ? Matthias Gemuh 11:08:09 04/20/04
    • Re: Hash size - when is enough enough ? Matthias Gemuh 11:11:58 04/20/04

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