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madjock

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Registered: 2014-10-27

Posts: 13

System Sluggish when moving Files

Hi

When copying files, usually in the GB range, 8-12Gb mostly. The whole system slows down and becomes sluggish.

I assume it is something to do with using external drives still setup as NTFS as a legacy from WIndows. It even slows down widgets like a ticking seconds option on a clock.

Is there any way round this, as it is quite a pain. I have noticed this since installing a couple of months ago, and I am on the latest kernel etc.

Kernel : 3.17.1.1
KDE 4.14.2
8 Gb Ram

Thanks for any advice.

Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,176

Re: System Sluggish when moving Files

Why not start `atop` and tell us what resources are causing these issues? I don't think ntfs should cause this; I'd think cpu / memory are more likely candidates

madjock

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Registered: 2014-10-27

Posts: 13

Re: System Sluggish when moving Files

ok thanks.

I have atop installed now, in what format and what info do I paste in here from that.

CPU wise I have a i5-3570k and 8 Gb ram, and even when using CPU intensive items like video transcoding, the system does not slow down as it does with copying files.

Grima

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Registered: 2011-09-02

Posts: 58

Re: System Sluggish when moving Files

Maybe it’s the infamous usb bug? (Look around the net. There are a lot of threads.) See for example this thread from a couple of weeks ago. If that’s the case, there is—sadly—no One True Solution as of now.