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Wusage 8.0 Manual
Optimization Settings
Many users are concerned about the amount of memory required
to analyze log files. Others are concerned about the amount of
disk space taken up by reports. And of course everyone wants to
see their log files analyzed as quickly as possible.
To address these concerns, Wusage offers an Optimization Settings
page. From the Main Menu Page (see Configuring the Program in Advanced Mode
) or the
Account Administration Page (see Configuring the Program in ISP Mode
), click the
Change Optimization Settings button. You will
be given an opportunity to indicate your preference in two areas:
 1. Connection Speed. Wusage 8.0 and above offer
greatly enhanced speed when performing reverse
DNS lookups to translate IP addresses to hostnames. However, this
feature must be limited to respect the speed of your connection. If you
do not tell Wusage how fast your connection is, it must assume a
56K modem! To correct this slow initial setting, select the connection
type that most resembles your connection in its overall performance.
2. DNS Server Address. Wusage 8.0 and above offer
high-speed IP address lookups. In most cases, the program can automatically
identify the DNS server that should be used. However, Windows 95/98/Me
users will need to explicitly specify a DNS server IP address using this field.
Windows NT/2000/XP and Unix users may specify a specific
DNS server if they wish, or if they experience problems and suspect
that the wrong DNS server is being used.
2. Compressed Reports versus Uncompressed Reports.
Wusage has the ability to compress your report files on the fly, saving
a great deal of disk space. This is a great thing, but it does take
some extra time. Also, the built-in report viewer in Wusage can easily
display these reports correctly, but if you intend to make your
reports accessible via an ordinary web server you will need to
configure that server appropriately. your This is not overly difficult
for the Apache Server; for other servers it may or may not be
possible. See the Server Configuration Tips
section of the manual. If you are using
ISP mode, you can solve this problem by directing your clients to
view their reports directly by logging into Wusage; see the Remote Access for One or Many Users
section of the manual.
3. Save Time versus Save Memory. Wusage 8.0 can use
substantially less memory than was required by Wusage 7.0 when multiple
reporting frequencies, such
as daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and summary, are turned
on at the same time. However, this does cause the program to take
more time to complete its analysis in most cases. You may wish to
select Save Time instead if you are not receiving Out of Memory warnings.
When you have made your selections, click Save New Settings.
Your settings will be used for all future updates, unless explicitly
overridden using command line options. See the Command Line Options
section
of the manual.
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