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=== Buffering traffic peaks or disk slowdowns ===
=== Buffering traffic peaks or disk slowdowns ===


Please note that most HDDs and SSDs do not have a guaranteed write rate. Especially HDDs via the USB or SATA3 protocol can have downtimes of hundreds of milliseconds between writes. Each ring buffer uses a certain amount of memory to buffer traffic peaks. This buffer can be configured at the '''Settings''' of the '''ring buffer'''
Note that most HDDs and SSDs do not have a guaranteed write rate. Especially HDDs via the USB or SATA3 protocol can have downtimes of hundreds of milliseconds between writes. Each ring buffer uses a certain amount of memory to buffer traffic peaks. This buffer can be configured at the '''Settings''' of the '''ring buffer'''


[[File:Ring buffer queue resize config.png|border|800px]]
[[File:Ring buffer queue resize config.png|border|800px]]


You can check if the queue length is big enough with the '''Bytes in Flight''' graph and the '''Dropped Bytes''' graph in the ring buffer statistics.
You can check if the queue length is large enough with the '''Bytes in Flight''' graph and the '''Dropped Bytes''' graph in the ring buffer statistics.


[[File:Ring buffer data in flight.png|border|800px]]
[[File:Ring buffer data in flight.png|border|800px]]
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