At 10:38 PM 12/27/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Chris,
>
>question:
>
> > >Is there a way to tell how much space of the part buffer is in use? I
> > >don't really understand the status output....
> >
> > Yes it's the first figure on the line from memory, however the figure
> > doesn't mean much as it's a circular buffer it just writes in a circle
> > regardless of how much is
> > used (as it's more efficient) so the rotate time is the figure to check.
>
>when the multipart buffer is rotated, what exactly does it mean? Will the
>complete buffer be emptied and started over or will it be like the .itm
>buckets, where the oldest gets deleted?
The oldest gets deleted.
>I have increased the multipart buffer to 12 GB and it took about 120
>minutes before I saw the first drop and rotation. After rotation the
>status output is counting the buffers from start again.
ChrisP.
