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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-MjxETVoPJi3D at rikki.tavi.co.uk>,
	"Bob Eager" <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> 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.

You could have had the filesystem mounted with the "sync" option thus
forcing sync on all writes, just like VMS.  Both have the capability,
only reall difference is the default.

bill

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