Daniel Morgan wrote:
> Rick Denoire wrote:
>
>> Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> file systems (XFS reports an error). Ext2 does support direct I/O,
>>> but ext3 has had significant problems with it. The latest versions of
>>> ReiserFS no longer report an error woth it, while JFS works.
>>> Veritas charges significant amount of money for "Quick I/O" option,
>>> which is, essentially, ability to do direct I/O. JFS for linux
>>> is described at: http://www-124.ibm.com/jfs
>>
>>
>>
>> Could you provide some references to the support of direct I/O in ext2
>> and ext3? If ext2 really supports direct I/O flawlessly, then it is
>> worth trying - what would be the trade offs here? (Since ext3 is
>> supposed to be more advanced - but the journaling option is not needed
>> for DB operations, the number + name + properties of the DB files does
>> not change often).
>>
>> Bye
>> Rick Denoire
>>
>
> RH 3.0 is a very very different animal than is 2.1. My understanding is
> that part of the incentive behind releasing a 9.2.0.5 CD pack is fixes
> for RH 3.0.
>
> I sure hope the rumours are correct.
bummer :(
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-Stan
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Received on Fri Mar 05 2004 - 00:13:24 CST
