[Tyler Durden]

Hi there,

I have an HP Proliant N54L server with 4GB RAM which holds the video files I watch over 3 different Openelec Clients. Occasionally I get video pausing and buffering issues and it appears to coincide with the Server being bust doing other processes.

Is there any way to test this theory, or is it a know fact, and I should just get another stick of RAM to double the current memory from 4GB to 8GB.

Is it possible I could solve my problem using one of more of these methods?

wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Modify_the_cache

Thanks in advance for any help.

[david1337]

Have you tried to monitor the server in any way, to see if RAM usage is peeking when the server is put on stress?
If not, it won't help you to just get it another stick of RAM. The problem must lie elsewhere.

[Tyler Durden]

I have replicated the problem by running this stress test on the server while watching a film.

http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/

When I started the stress test (after upping the Memory threshold to 2048MB) the film started stuttering and pausing, and when I stopped the test the film ran perfectly.

I added these lines to my advancedsetting, but it hasn't helped.

Code:

<network>
      <buffermode>1</buffermode>
      <cachemembuffersize>104857600</cachemembuffersize>
      <readbufferfactor>10</readbufferfactor>
    </network>

Should I try any other settings?

[peppe_sr]

are clients connected via lan or wifi?
Peppe

[Tyler Durden]

Gigabyte LAN.

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Have you tried to monitor the server in any way, to see if RAM usage is peeking when the server is put on stress?
If not, it won't help you to just get it another stick of RAM. The problem must lie elsewhere.

Thanks for your input.

How would I best monitor the Server's RAM? Task Manager perhaps?

[Tyler Durden]

I have tested the new advanced settings in a less extreme way, by opening lots of tabs in chrome, downloading a large file and moving a file between 2 hard drives and so far the film has not paused.

Perhaps the stress test was a step too far, but for now at least it seems my problem is solved.

[david1337]

Gigabyte LAN.

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Have you tried to monitor the server in any way, to see if RAM usage is peeking when the server is put on stress?
If not, it won't help you to just get it another stick of RAM. The problem must lie elsewhere.

Thanks for your input.

How would I best monitor the Server's RAM? Task Manager perhaps?

Yeah you can use Task Manager, if you want to monitor it manually

I would recommend that you use Windows performance monitor - there is a tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lni09SUv61w