Reduce frequency of disk writes (client_state.xml)

[MikeMarsUK]

Perhaps reducing the amount of disk writes may be a good idea (particularly for laptops whose disks spin down when idle, and aren't really designed for 24/7 use).

I gather client_state.xml is updated 10x per second?

I'm not sure how practical it would be to reduce the frequency of client_state.xml writes, but if it's possible, then limiting it to the same interval (60s default) as checkpoints would save a lot of electricity and disk wear.

For reasons of integrity it would still be a good idea to do the client_state.xml write whenever a result writes to disk (for example, checkpoints, change of state). Is there any way to detect if a task writes to disk?

[davea]

client_state.xml is not written 10X a second

[Nicolas]

Keyword update

[MikeMarsUK]

Replying to davea:

client_state.xml is not written 10X a second

Glad to hear it :-)

Please leave as 'closed' in that case.