Re: Oracle/VMS performance problems with Multithreaded Server

That MTS does not work under Unix is not such a problem. Proces creation (for dedicated processes) is cheap under Unix. Process creation under VMS costs a lot more (seconds!)

Malcolm Dunnett wrote:
>
> In article <877l6oz0am.fsf_at_HSE-MTL-ppp62507.qc.sympatico.ca>,
> Greg Stark <greg-spare-1_at_mit.edu> writes:
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> >
> > "Syltrem" <syltrem_at_videotron.ca> writes:
> >
> >> > - MTS doesn't work properly on OpenVMS; even 8.1.6. has the same problem
> >
> > Fwiw, MTS doesn't work under Unix in 8.1.6 either. It worked fine for us under
> > 8.0.5 but under 8.1.6 it randomly crashes every few days. It's a known bug but
> > there's no patch available, and the only work around Tech Support suggested
> > was to turn MTS off. Sigh.
>
> I guess, in a perverse way it's reassuring to know VMS isn't the only
> platform this is broken on. I'm not sure which is worse though, a server
> that crashes every few days or one that's too slow to ever be useful.
Received on Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:19:36 CST