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.
Jörg
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