We managed to resolve our initial problem with the process scheduling [1]. All Cmsbox customers have been migrated to Pharo and it works very reliably now.
Gary, maybe you could open a ticket already now and post what you know at this time to get early feedback. [1] http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3498 Cheers Adrian On Apr 6, 2011, at 18:24 , Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > thanks gary. > Yes adrian got a problem on his server after two weeks of load. I do not know > how we can improve them. > > Stef > > On Apr 6, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Gary Chambers wrote: > >> Well, we have been having problems with applications appearing to hang every >> 6 days or so (sound familiar?). >> >> I have identified a bug in the Delay implementation, rather obscure, but >> highlighted by our applications that make HEAVY use of processes/(tight, a >> few tens of milliseconds)delays/semaphores etc. >> Naturally due to an edge case on millisecond clock rollover... >> >> Affects all Squeak/Pharo versions, as far as I can tell. (It is separate >> from the OSProcess issues I have posted about a few weeks ago). >> >> I've developed a potential fix, though I'll have to let you all know whether >> (hopefully) successful in a week or two... fingers crossed! >> >> I hope it is fixable, last hurdle for business applications, from our point >> of view. >> >> I'll post details when fix confirmed or failed then. >> >> Regards, Gary > >
