Joe Pearson writes:
> 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.
You can use chattr +S.
Also the 11.9.2 release uses the O_SYNC flag to open(2).
(and no, raw partitions and async io isn't supported by linux, yet)
Michael
> ----------
> > 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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