>>>>> "DWVC" == David W Van Couvering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DWVC> Hm, an interesting idea, but methinks what makes Derby
DWVC> "busy" depends on your configuration. If you have made a
DWVC> big enough page cache that the entire DB is in memory,
DWVC> perhaps CPU is the bottleneck. Or if you are storing on RAM
DWVC> disk, or if you have the db durability set to "test" -- in
DWVC> other words, I wonder if not all configurations are made
DWVC> equal in terms of what makes Derby busy.
I agree, but with respect to checkpointing I think Raymond is right
that disk I/O is most relevant. If the disk is not the bottleneck, it
is less important to limit the checkpointing activity.
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Øystein