Kodi maintenance - some good information

[Nigelar]

I found this article on the ares project blog.
All Droidbox users should read it.
It will help you understand the reasons for and the pitfalls of maintaining boxes.

http://www.ares-project-blog.com/kodi-technical/kodi-maintenance-myth/

 

[sean99]

That's why Ares maintenance has been the best Kodi cleaner around since its existance

 

[Fritz-69]

Eye opening. It makes sense when you read this. I never zero CACHE, but do have auto clean selected within Echo Wizard. Time to turn it off.

 

[Bollocks77]

WOW!!!!!! I will be looking at my auto settings at turning them off to see how it all goes.

 

[sblabs]

EZ Maintenance addon i recommend, its in the schism repo, it will do all the auto cleaning at bootup.

 

[Bollocks77]

I have that also. But now after reading the above link to the article - It looks like theres no need to regularly clean and delete. Im gonna give it a go.

 

[sblabs]

I have that also. But now after reading the above link to the article - It looks like theres no need to regularly clean and delete. Im gonna give it a go.

yup was just reading the article interesting reading, i never did like the zero cache idea, same i am going to disable my EZ Maintenance addon and see how i get on.

 

[Bollocks77]

Me Too

 

[Bollocks77]

Would be interesting for a few members to actually do nothing for 1 month and then let everyone know how the box performed????

Just an idea. I am going to not maintain at all for the next month.

Dave

 

[sblabs]

Dave, ditto ill be doing the same for the next month, will report back

 

[Bollocks77]

Nice 1

 

[Fritz-69]

Good idea

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[Bollocks77]

OK - From today Thursday 26th Jan I am not maintaining for a solid month. Report on Feb 26th - see how it all goes.

 

[ChrisM]

Stuck to top of this area of the forum, thanks @Nigelar

 

[Bollocks77]

Nearly there!!!!

 

[sblabs]

Ill do the same on my v1.

 

[Bollocks77]

Month almost up

 

[sblabs]

all good so far on my v1 box i have not done any maintenance for a month and its running smooth as can be.

 

[Bollocks77]

OK - My month is up. I didn't do any maintenance at all. I watched as my thumbnails grew in size and my packages. I did not see any difference at all in speed, performance or anything. I did notice the thumbnails loading faster as I didn't delete in maintenance which means they don't have to download and re-populate.
So there I have it - NO DIFFERENCE.
I will now probably clear everything and only operate maintenance on a monthly basis - OR EVEN LONGER.
Hope this helps
Dave

 

[Fritz-69]

I must admit that I have cleared cache and packages, but not Thumbnails. Load time is a quicker as thumbnails do not need to be downloaded every time. I'll keep an eye on it. Unsure whether or not to clear them. Packages and CACHE I think need to be cleared.

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