Comments on: Making IntelliJ IDEA Run Faster and Better http://www.techper.net/2008/05/20/making-intellij-idea-run-faster-and-better/ About Technology in My Life Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:52:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nicolas Martignole http://www.techper.net/2008/05/20/making-intellij-idea-run-faster-and-better/comment-page-1/#comment-16563 Nicolas Martignole Tue, 19 May 2009 13:27:32 +0000 http://www.techper.net/2008/05/20/making-intellij-idea-run-faster-and-better/#comment-16563 I have a big project based on a set of multiple maven modules. Each module is a Maven2 project, with a generated IDEA Intellij Module. In Project settings view, in the project structure, check that your Web Facet module does not have "Create web facet war file" activated in the Java EE Build Settings unless you plan to use IDEA Intellij to build your war or your archive. It will boost the performance at each "Make" operation. I have a big project based on a set of multiple maven modules. Each module is a Maven2 project, with a generated IDEA Intellij Module.
In Project settings view, in the project structure, check that your Web Facet module does not have “Create web facet war file” activated in the Java EE Build Settings unless you plan to use IDEA Intellij to build your war or your archive.
It will boost the performance at each “Make” operation.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.techper.net/2008/05/20/making-intellij-idea-run-faster-and-better/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Benjamin Wed, 21 May 2008 12:49:20 +0000 http://www.techper.net/2008/05/20/making-intellij-idea-run-faster-and-better/#comment-831 One personal expierience: I had *real* performance problem with my Laptop esp. using IDEA though defragmenting disk and regulary maintaining my windows in-depth. I already started to believe it's a hardware problem. But then I stumbled over this Blog entry (http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2006/12/boosting-intellij-idea-performance-on-windows-systems/) which solved my problems. Windows keeps tracks of its files inside the MFT! This MFT can (though it *never* should) defragment if a) the disk gets nearly full and b) you have many files (which is natural for Java-Developers). You can *check* this using the windows defragment tool, but *NOT FIX* it with it. Finally I had a MFT defragmented in 640 pieces and a real,real bad performance. The proposed solutions worked perfectly for me (defragment MFT offline during windows startup using commercially available products)! One personal expierience: I had *real* performance problem with my Laptop esp. using IDEA though defragmenting disk and regulary maintaining my windows in-depth. I already started to believe it’s a hardware problem. But then I stumbled over this Blog entry (http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2006/12/boosting-intellij-idea-performance-on-windows-systems/) which solved my problems.

Windows keeps tracks of its files inside the MFT! This MFT can (though it *never* should) defragment if a) the disk gets nearly full and b) you have many files (which is natural for Java-Developers). You can *check* this using the windows defragment tool, but *NOT FIX* it with it. Finally I had a MFT defragmented in 640 pieces and a real,real bad performance.

The proposed solutions worked perfectly for me (defragment MFT offline during windows startup using commercially available products)!

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