Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >This sounds a bit confused. Are you able to describe your concern? >> > >> You said star doesn't run as fast on Linux as Solaris, you can probably >> fix that problem by using O_DIRECT, so the writes and reads don't >> compete for the same buffer memory. > > And I already mentioned that it is higly improbable that O_DIRECT will > speed up on Linux. A better buffer cache (this means improving Linux) helps > much more than avoiding it.
How would a buffer cache improve the situation for star? I may have missed the beginning of the discussion, but caching write-once-then-forget data seems pointless. -- Matthias Andree -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]