Data file too large

[David Carlson]

On 7/6/2014 1:51 PM, Ian K wrote:
> GnuCash 2.6.3, Windows 7 64 bit, Intel Core(TM) i7-4770 3.4GHz, 8GB Ram.
> 1.2MB compressed file 14.4 sec.
> 16MB uncompressed file 14.3 sec.
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> Now you might say '14 seconds isn't long' but with a file 4x bigger that'll
> take nearly a minute (if it scales in a linear way). This is only 3.5 years
> worth of data (I started using GnuCash in Jan 2011).
>
> I have an older netbook and it's so slow to be unusable on Windows, but I
> have recently installed Linux Mint in a dual boot environment on it and
> GnuCash is slow but useable on that (I can copy my data on to it and time
> that if it helps).
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In my experience the real time delay comes when large reports are left
open.  I am currently living with a two or three minute loading time in
Windows 7 because I want those reports to be open when I start.

David C