[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:10:15 UTC, 
koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:

> In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-dw0bdCBZV4ZE at rikki.tavi.co.uk>, "Bob Eager" <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> > 
> > I agree with all of the above. But it does certainly affect performance.
> > I am willing to accept the lower performance in exchange for 
> > reliability.
> 
>    You have a choice.  On VMS in most HLL you can set the value of
>    buffering when you open the file.  Use more if you want speed and
>    less if you want reliability.  On UNIX you can force buffer flushes
>    by calling sync()/fsync().  Use fewer if you want speed and more if
>    you want reliability.

With the number of users I had (and the commercial packages in use) that
was mostly out of my control.

Of course, on my own VMS and UNIX systems...

-- 
Bob Eager