While I’ve seen a number of comments in blogs about the improved performance for the new 8.0.2 Notes Standard client. I do not see these improved statics based on 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 from my computer. I’m running an IBM laptop 2 GHz with 1.5 GB RAM, plenty of disk space Windows XP SP2. My results from a cold restart of my PC and launching the Notes 8.0.2 client is 13 seconds to reach the passowrd dialog box and then 47 seconds from pressing the Enter key after the password to having the Getting Started screen loaded. This is the same result I had using 8.0.1. So where’s the performance increase? I have installed the Notes client along with Activities, Symphony and Sametime. I do like the fact that I see the password dialog sooner and the status bar helps so that you can tell something is happening, but again, where’s the overall performance increase. I’ve tested this on an IBM Desktop PC as well and have virtually the same performance as the 8.0.1 client so it’s not just my PC.
Subject: My 8.0.1 vs 8.0.2 performance statistic
My Test PCIBM Thinkcentre Desktop
3.2 GHZ Processor (Pentium 4)
75% of disk space free
Server = Lotus Domino 7.0.2 FP1 server (inotes6 mail template for test user)
Notes 8.0.1 & 8.0.2 standard (eclipse client)tests
options during install
Sametime(Integrated) Installed
Lotus Notes Activities Not Installed
Lotus Sympathy Not Installed
Lotus Composite Applicatin Editor Not Installed
All tests completed on same PC above
After each test - a COLD REBOOT was performed.
a = Launching Lotus Notes Icon from desktop and amount of time it takes for the logon screen to appear
b= Entering your Lotus Notes password then clicking on OK or Enter (and for screen to completely load)
8.0.1 client
512 MB mem
test 1
a= 35seconds, b= 20 seconds
test2
a= 35 seconds, b = 15 seconds
8.0.2 client
512 MB mem
test 1
a= 9 seconds, b= 50 seconds
test2
a= 8 seconds, b = 45 seconds
8.0.2 client
1 GB mem
test 1
a= 7 seconds, b= 50 seconds
test2
a= 8 seconds, b = 45 seconds
As you can see, the start-up time has dramatically improved, but the backend in now slower, which = same performance for user
i do like the front end is much quicker and i do like a progress bar appears on backend start so user knows nothing is wrong and prevents them from clicking on notes icon again.
Subject: your tests
Hi,
I agree with you tests and results - I pretty much got the same as you. But if you look at your numbers and tests I believe the total time to get Notes up running is the sum of a and be.
If this is the case your tests shows that 801 is faster than 802.
801 : 55 and 50 seconds to get Notes ready
802 : 59 and 53
802 : 57 and 53
So based on this I dont see Notes 802 is faster compared to 801 - but it might “look” like due to the early showing password prompt…
Kjeld
Subject: I found performance a bit better when I disabled Superfetch
I was amazed at how much disk activity was occurring after I installed 8.0.2. So I closed Notes, and it still occurred.
Looked at Task manager / Resource monitor → Disk. It shows lots of Notes files being read.
Supercache is a Vista “performance enhancer”. I turned it off, in services. No more disk activity, and it seems to run faster (although I have not done any empirical testing).
Jim.