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Subject: Re: [eccopro] Re: Reducing file size
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From: Manny Olmedo <molmedo@...>
Paul,
Very Interesting!! I have a ton of items like this. Mostly appointments.
What is Watchdog and how do I get it?
Thanks,
Manny
----- Original Message -----
From: <PLubitz@...>
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Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: [eccopro] Re: Reducing file size
My breath is taken away by the size of your ECCO file Peter! The largest
file
I've ever had before pruning was 10 Mbytes. I am interested to hear how much
computer memory you have and what level processor you have to handle 42
Mbytes.
I do have some interesting information to share with everyone, although I am
not sure it applies to your situation. I think in your case, it's a matter
of
the objects you save -- they generally take considerably more file space
then
text. Like others have stated, I use separate Ecco files for other
subjects.
In my main file, I keep a daily log of my business activities i.e. phone
contacts, meeting notes, letters out, info received plus I have about 1550
phone entries. My log generally covers a minimum of two years worth of data.
** Now for my discovery**: I synchronize my file with the Palm Pilot, as
almost everyone does. The other day I did a Global Search, that is I did a
"Find / Entire File" without having a filter in place or text showing. It
took a couple and minutes and EVERYTHING in my file came into Search
Results.
Low and behold I found literally THOUSANDS of duplicates of various items
that were generated by hotsynching with the Palm Pilot.
I used Watchdog.exe on my file (thanks to Nick Gordon) and the value I had
for "IOU" or Item Outline Units before I noticed the duplicates was 32,415
items using 7.15 Mbytes. The size of my whole Ecco file was 9.52 Mbytes.
AFTER I cleaned out the duplicates my Item Outline Units dropped to 17,090
using 5.60 Mbytes. The size of my whole Ecco file dropped to 8.02 Mbytes.
I am not sure how all this came to be, but I have been checking every couple
of days to make sure those duplicates don't show up again.
I don't know if anyone can benefit from this knowledge, but it sure helped
me.
I have tried reducing my file size (42 meg) by splitting it. I have ended up with 2 files of 40 megs. Each file has around 50% of the content of the previous...
petermac@...
Jan 13, 2001 11:47 pm
Peter, ... Oh, I think we can help. See below. ... I would heartily recommend doing a File / Database / Recover. You'll lose a few minor settings (I'm not...
Tom Hoots
thoots@...
Jan 14, 2001 2:25 am
Yikes that is a HUGE FILE!!!!! Years ago, as one of the original ECCO 1.0 users, I took to heart the advice that it was best to have all of one's data in a...
Pru Borland
prubo@...
Jan 14, 2001 3:07 am
I have a similar history of Ecco usage, also keep several files available via the toolbar, and also have a lot of other ones that I use infrequently. Most of...
Neal Gantz
nealgantz@...
Jan 14, 2001 7:32 am
Peter, Tom: Recover-as its my painful recollection, costs the user his/her filters, forms, alarms. Auto-assign rules, too, I think. Thus, Tom, keep backup of...
David Fagerstrom
fager1@...
Jan 14, 2001 4:00 pm
David, ... Probably a good idea, but I doubt that Recover touches the .CFX. And, I'm really not sure what gets lost during a Recover -- it changed with each...
Tom Hoots
thoots@...
Jan 14, 2001 4:53 pm
Many thanks for all of the suggestions. I have, in fact 3 other largish files and the fact that the recently used files list at the bottom of the files menu...
Peter Mac
petermac@...
Jan 15, 2001 9:46 pm
I research a number of subjects on the web and an analysis may contain eg. graphs. I shoot the text as editable text and then the graphs as objects. Even...
Pru Borland
prubo@...
Jan 16, 2001 12:44 am
Hmm. I have wrestled with this problem for years now Pru and have concluded that I need to have the objects in my Ecco file. The problem is that I have 2...
Peter Mac
petermac@...
Jan 20, 2001 12:08 am
My breath is taken away by the size of your ECCO file Peter! The largest file I've ever had before pruning was 10 Mbytes. I am interested to hear how much ...
PLubitz@...
Jan 16, 2001 1:35 am
... From: PLubitz@... [mailto:PLubitz@...] Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2001 12:06 PM My breath is taken away by the size of your ECCO file Peter! The...
Peter Mac
petermac@...
Jan 20, 2001 12:08 am
Paul, Very Interesting!! I have a ton of items like this. Mostly appointments. What is Watchdog and how do I get it? Thanks, Manny ... From:...
Manny Olmedo
molmedo@...
Jan 16, 2001 4:49 am
In a message dated 01/15/2001 11:58:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... I got Watchdog from nickg@... (Nick Gordon). Apparently, this a program that...
PLubitz@...
Jan 16, 2001 6:31 pm
In a message dated 01/19/2001 6:01:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... I'm almost embarrassed to say, but I've been using a Pentium 133 with 64 Mbytes of RAM. I...
PLubitz@...
Jan 20, 2001 2:33 am
No easy answers, and one size doesn't fit all. I don't know the source of the graphs and documents you are saving. If they are online, you could consider...
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