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Read More. Need help choosing the right product? Yes please. Download Chrome. Would you like this app for Mac or Windows? Download it here. Since we download a lot of PC games at the office, it was a nice benefit to have an internet connection as fast as our NICs could handle, and that the Steam CDNs would serve us at our maximum potential.
In fact, the bottleneck shifted over to storage performance, as the random writing nature of Steam thrashed our SSDs at the time. Unfortunately, this has ceased to remain the case. At some point, Steam downloads started getting slower on our same internet connection. Not only did storage utilization during a Steam download start to increase, but also CPU usage, pointing to a potential change in how Steam distributed their data.
All hope was lost for fast game downloads.. Recently, Wendell from Level1Techs mentioned on Twitter that they were running a local Steam caching server on their network with great success. After some guidance from Wendell, we decided to tackle this project and see if it would help our specific scenario.
The theory behind caching Steam downloads is simple. Simply speaking, this means, that once you know the addresses of the servers Steam uses for downloading, you can monitor the traffic coming from them, save the data to a cache file, and then when it is needed again, simply deliver the local copy instead of going out to the internet to fetch it.
The steamcache project on Github does just this, through the use of preconfigured Docker containers. To accomplish this, you need to run two Docker containers. The first is the steamcache "generic" container, which provides a preconfigured nginx-powered HTTP proxy to intercept and store the relevant data.
Second, you need to be running the steamcache-dns container to redirect the DNS requests to your local server. This requires your computer sending all of it's DNS requests through to Docker container. This can be configured either by changing the local DNS server configuration on your computers or by changing the DNS server configuration in your router.
Running a local DNS server will provide additional speed benefits to activities such as web browsing since your computer no longer needs to make a request to an external DNS server for every possible HTTP request. This means a lower access time for all HTTP requests. We aren't going to get into the minutia of configuring Docker for people who have never used it, as there are much better tutorials for that on the Internet by people who understand the process way better than we do.
The notes on the steamcache website are a good place to start if you are thinking of doing this yourself. It's worth noting that the steamcache generic container provides support for a multitude of other download services, like Uplay, Origin, and even Windows Updates.
For now, we are sticking with strictly caching Steam downloads. We don't download a lot of games from Uplay or Origin, and when we do, they still manage to fully utilize our 1Gbps internet connection.
As time goes on, and the Steam caching proves to be stable, we might look into adding more cached services. While we wouldn't normally recommend a RAID 0 configuration in production, all this will be doing is holding a download cache of files we can easily get back if needed, so we aren't necessarily worried about the potentials of data loss. Our Linux environment is provided by an Ubuntu With our Steam caching server in place, we first started by downloading several games to a local machine.
Since this is the initial download, and there is no data already cached, it will not be any faster than downloading games without the cache enabled. However, in our experiences, this seeding of data to the cache also isn't any slower than the normal process of downloading the game. To evaluate the performance of the cache, we then downloaded the same games on another PC.
While we could move this setup to yet another dedicated server with faster single-threaded performance, for now, we are happy with our results. Considering most of our machines aren't equipped with 10Gbit NICs in the office yet, being able to max out our Gigabit connection again is good enough for now.
It does seem like a bit of overkill for an office of less than 5 people to have a Steam caching server, but given what we do it make sense for us. Change the power plan of your desktop computer to High-Performance mode. This option is not available on all versions of Windows. Using High-Performance mode on a laptop will drain your battery quicker.
Click Power Options. Click Additional Power Settings in the menu bar to the right. Click Create Power Plan in the menu bar to the left. Check High Performance Click Next. Install an anti-virus program , spyware scanner , and an anti-malware. The fewer bugs, viruses, and bits of adware your computer has to manage, the more time it will have to devote to other processes. Keep Windows up-to-date. Not only will this keep Windows itself running smoothly, but some viruses ride in on Windows updates that are downloaded long after the update is available and therefore are not monitored as closely.
Run a Disk Cleanup. This can clean up hundreds of megabytes by deleting temporary files, unnecessary system files, and emptying your recycling bin. Type Disk Cleanup and click the Disk Cleanup icon. Select a drive. Click Ok Check the file types you want to clean and click Ok. Run a Disk Defragment. When data is fragmented, your computer must search for the fragments of files that could be spread all over your hard drive.
Defragmenting will organize your data and free up space so your computer can access data faster. Windows 7, 8, and 10 defrag your hard drive automatically. If you are using any older version of Windows you may need to defrag your hard drive. You can use the following steps to defrag your hard drive on Windows [8] X Research source Use the following steps to run Disk Defragment: Click the Windows Start menu. Type Defragment and click Defragment and Optimize Drives. Click Optimize.
Disable visual effects. There are 20 visual effects you can turn off or on. Use the following steps to turn off all effects and maximize performance: [9] X Research source Click the Windows Start menu. Select the bullet which says "Adjust for best performance". Consider switching to a Solid State Drive. Solid State Drives are hard drives that have no moving parts. They are much quieter and quicker. Purchase the right sized Solid State Drive for your computer and install it.
Add RAM to your computer. The extra RAM gives your computer more memory to perform tasks with, which will make your computer faster. You'll then need to open your computer and install it. If your computer is slow to switch between windows or tasks, or if you often have many browser tabs open at once, additional RAM may help. Just be sure to do your research before attempting to do it on your own.
Clear temporary files on your computer. This takes up a considerable amount of space, further slowing down your system. You should clean it whenever you think your PC is slowing down more than usual. Permanently delete all the files present in the folder. Just skip the files that the system says it was unable to delete.
Consider upgrading your computer's hardware. It could be that your computer is running slow because of the old hardware that is running the newer software.
When a computer was released the hardware was designed to run a specific OS or software versions. When newer versions of the software were released it was supported by the older hardware. The reason your computer may be running slow or freezing is because the older hardware is struggling to keep up with the newer software. Try replacing the processor to speed up your computer.
Method 3. Use the following steps to check your hard drive space: [12] X Research source Go to the Apple menu the Apple icon in the upper left corner of your screen , Click About This Mac. Click the Storage tab. This will show you how much free space you have on your hard disk and will also break down your current usage, showing you how much space is used by your movie, music, photo, and app files.
Open the Finder. Click Applications. Click Utilities. Launch the Activity Monitor by clicking it from the list of apps. Click the CPU tab. Uninstall unnecessary programs. You can either uninstall them manually by dragging apps into the trash from the Applications folder in the Finder or by downloading a program to help you sort and delete them.
If you discover that one particular application is slowing down your Central Processing Unit CPU , you can speed things up by deleting that application and using a faster alternative, or closing all other programs every time you use that application.
Safari is often at the top of the list for CPU. Consider switching to a different browser, like Firefox or Chrome. Delete, compress or remove large and unnecessary files. Check your Movies, Music, Downloads, and Documents folder in the Finder to search for unnecessary files to delete or compress.
Click the list icon the icon with 4 lines at the top. It says how big each file is in the "Size" column. You can delete unnecessary files by dragging them to the Trash. To compress a file right-click it and click Compress in the pop-up menu. Open the Downloads folder. Make sure you are viewing files as a list and then click on the Size header so that your largest files are on top. Get rid of anything you don't need. Consider removing anything you are not watching or plan to watch soon.
If you delete photos in iPhoto or Aperture, you must empty the trash bin that exists in that program, or else the files will not be deleted. To empty the Trash bin, right-click it in the Dock and click Empty Trash. Prevent unnecessary programs from starting when the Mac boots. The more programs trying to start up while your computer initializes, the slower everything will be. Use the following steps to disable startup programs on Mac: [20] X Research source Click Apple icon in the menu bar.
Click System Preferences. Click your account. Click Login Items. Click the minus - sign to remove them. Repair disk permissions. If your disk permissions are not properly set, you may have trouble with some of the basic operations on your computer, such as printing, logging in, or opening programs. It is suggested you run this procedure every few months to catch any potential issues before they interfere with your computer usage.
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