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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-06-30 11:01:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-07-06 07:45:23 +0200 |
| commit | efd1d8339ad9a2bb7a164e7475734a90f6fa034c (patch) | |
| tree | 219b56a99a71abcfeb14702430185c1e485889d8 /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | 32cab91278651d07a11132b7636dc3d21144e616 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-efd1d8339ad9a2bb7a164e7475734a90f6fa034c.tar.xz | |
doc: Mention dbcache increase in release notes
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 6e4f390cbc..df63bb53ee 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -41,9 +41,21 @@ report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker. Notable changes =============== -Example item ----------------- +Database cache memory increased +-------------------------------- + +As a result of growth of the UTXO set, performance with the prior default +database cache of 100 MiB has suffered. +For this reason the default was changed to 300 MiB in this release. + +For nodes on low-memory systems, the database cache can be changed back to +100 MiB (or to another value) by either: + +- Adding `dbcache=100` in bitcoin.conf +- Changing it in the GUI under `Options → Size of database cache` +Note that the database cache setting has the most performance impact +during initial sync of a node, and when catching up after downtime. bitcoin-cli: arguments privacy -------------------------------- |