Speed up saving JPG

I need help figuring out how to speed up RAW to JPG saving time. It typically takes 10-15 seconds to save a JPG for each image. Here's my configuration:
Canon 5d3 large RAW
Panasonic Toughbook, Windows 8.1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 5400 rpm hard drive, shared graphics
I usually save the JPG at 10 quality
I suspect that the slow 5400 rpm hard drive is the culprit and that an SSD would help, but I'm just looking for some input on this

jruud wrote:
both cores ... 60%
Are you saying the cores never max out and clip, or just that the average is about 60%?
Anyway, a 4-8 core processor will generally improve processing time over a dual core, when Lr is properly distributing the load during export.
Until hardware upgrade, my only advice is:
A. Export into a tree for ready access, as soon as you finish editing, so you're not doing 1000 at once and waiting for them.
B. Consider accessing rendered copies from the preview cache instead, e.g. via a plugin like PreviewExporter.
C. Convert to DNG and access embedded previews - granted it takes the same amount of time to render previews as export, still may make things more convenient.
Note: Lightroom takes a while to export big raw files even on the fastest hardware, so don't get your hopes up too high, but 10-15 seconds is on the slow side - you could probably cut that in half fairly easily (by upgrading your hardware), but getting it under a quarter will be more of a feat..
I am assuming minimal amount due to background processes etc. which may be wrong - so check it / test it...
Rob

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        chopShop.addMouseMotionListener(mover);
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    static String JPG = "jpg";
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        return false;
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    public ClipMover(ChopShop cs) {
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            int y = e.getY() - offset.y;
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Speed up saving of layered files?

In CS4, on a first generation quad core Mac Pro with 12 gigs of RAM and scratch and all image files on a fast two disk RAID 0, I find that saving psd files with layers is extremely slow.
If I open a 16 bit 12 megapixel D300 raw image from Lightroom into Photoshop, and immediately save it, it takes just 1 to 2 seconds to save the 60 megabyte file. But if I duplicate the background layer and save again, it takes about 15 seconds. If I duplicate two more times so there are four layers, it takes over 30 seconds to re-save the now 286 megabyte file.
Why does this take so long? Are these numbers normal? Is there anything that can be done to speed this up? I can duplicate the file in Finder in less than 4 seconds, so I assume this has nothing to do with disk bandwidth.
And why does saving files have to be modal? If I could start the save then switch over and start working on a different image I really wouldn't care how long it took.

If you save with maximum compatibility, we have to composite (flatten) the document and save that PLUS the layer contents. That takes extra time.
Yes, without major changes, saving has to be modal (due to disk access, error handling, etc.).
Opening a file is decompressing - easy.
Saving a file is compressing - SLOW.

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While i love Photoshop, its performance can be a huge concern. Lately, i upgraded my workstation from a 4 year old desktop and went all out...
Here are the specs of the new system.
2 x X5670 (12 Nehalem 2.93Ghz cores)
48GB of ECC RAM
3 x 50GB (raid 0 on LSI 5150 sata 3 raid card) Sandforce SSD drives that give me sequential read/write speeds of approx 800MBps.
My issue is that i hate the way photoshop writes data while saving PSD files. I cant seem to see photoshop write to disk at speeds greater than 12-15 MBps. This has become the slowest link in the entire photoshop work flow and is slowing me down considerably.
The other option i was trying to investigate is to edit loads of files and then do an equivalent of a bulk save but i cant find a trick to do that.
thoughts?

thanks Noel for the speedy response. I will admit that i oversimplified my setup but here is the full info for my setup...
I gave the save as tiff a go but DID see a dramatic increase!!
C Drive:
T Drive: 40GB Fusion i/o PCI card. Photoshop uses this as the scratch disk (under preferences --> general --> performance).
P.S: my systems temp variables (user and env) etc are all redirected to this drive.
I have a D Drive (Raid 5 across 6 x 2TB drives that i use purely for storage)
Here is what all i am doing...
Open a raw nef file,
Use define to reduce noise (automatic profile)
Use Viveza to adjust brightness/contrast/structure/warmth
save the file
These are some timings...
Loading photoshop --> 4.5 sec
Opening a D7000 16MPix raw image --> 8.5 sec (file opens in camera raw and then i click open to open in photoshop)
Times to save processed files...
PSD: 28.5 seconds!!!!
Tiff: 2.5 seconds!!! yes 2.5 seconds (you barely see it save!!)
You are the man...
i would assume that i have the CPU and RAM horsepower to have photoshop do a good job at the compression while saving but the diffrence is huge!!!
now please tell me what do i lose (if anything) in moving to the Tiff format (preserving all layers)

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Its been working fine til today.
Any help??
George

I'm having the exact same problem as the original poster. If I create a new file and save as JPG, it works fine. The file I'm trying to save as JPG also works fine if I do "Save for Web" instead of "Save AS" and select JPG as the format. I can save it as TIFF too. Only when I try to save the file as JPG, embedding the profile (and the meta data that came from LightRoom) do I get this error.
I'm also running CS2 under Vista, in my case Vista 64. Yes, I know I should upgrade to CS4. :-)

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I'm having troupble uing "save" and "save as" in Photoshop Elements 11. This just started happening about a month ago. Appprox. half the pictures I save do not appear in the designate file. Instead a box with "JPG" inside appears. The only way I can see the actual picture is to use a different application and resave. I have an Apple. Can anyone help with this?

Then it is absolutely vital to delete the preferences. You must do this for PSE every time you do a major OS X upgrade, like from 10.7 to 10.8 or from 10.8 to 10.9.
For PSE 11, the files you want are
com.adobe.PhotoshopElements.plist
Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 paths
Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 settings
and any lockfiles with the same names. If you use the organizer, also look for anything starting with com.adobe.Elements Organizer.
General directions are here:
http://barbarabrundage.com/2013/10/28/photoshop-elements-and-os-x-mavericks/
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