What about raw partitions on linux. I thought linux does not support
raw partitions (maybe this has changed?) Since Sybase really
recommends databases be put on raw partitions so that disk writes are
not buffered by the OS.
Joe Pearson
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> From: Matt Sergeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jesse Kanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; mod_perl
list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: sybase / mod_perl / linux question? [OFFTOPIC]
> Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 5:31 AM
>
> On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, Jesse Kanner wrote:
> > Be careful here. Last I heard, the 'free' version of sybase
ported to
> > linux was 'last year's model' and wasn't really that great. It's
not the
> > same sybase that you'd get if you bought it new.
>
> I use the free sybase ase to develop the NNTP backend to O'Reilly's
Web
> Board, and of course all my local mod_perl web stuff. Been very
fast and
> very stable. The major difference IIRC between the free ase and the
> commercial one is row level locking (there are other diffs, but
that's the
> one I'm most aware of).
>
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