From: Mgr. P. T. <tuh...@mi...> - 2006-05-24 13:34:15
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Might it help to disable oplocks on Samba server side? Peter Gudmund Areskoug wrote / nap=EDsal(a): > Hi Krsnendu, > > Krsnendu Dasa wrote: > >> You mean like MS Access. Can you explain more. >> >> Gudmund Areskoug wrote: >> > ---snip--- > >>> just adding some info that might be handy when integrating: >>> Some app's, like e. g. those using the MSJet database engine, may run >>> into problems if you put the databases on a Linux file server. >>> > > Quoting from a message sent by Lorenzo Benito of Atril (www.atril.com), > the makers of the translation tools (CAT's) I use in my everyday work: > > "Linux is unable to handle file locks effectively (in what relates to > remote access to D=E9j=E0 Vu X databases; I do not intend to discuss th= e > merits of Windows relative to Linux here). For this reason, sharing > databases located on a Linux machine is much more likely to result in > database corruption than if the database is in a windows machine." > > I haven't yet had the time to find out what the exact problem is, and > what the differences might be between the various file systems that > could be used. > > He also wrote: > "If database access is handled by the COM+ server (D=E9j=E0 Vu X Workgr= oup), > only one application accesses the databases, so problems with file lock= s > do not apply. Apart form this, since only the database request and its > answer asre sent over the network, and the database themselves are neve= r > read directly by the client machines, using the COM+ server results in > much lower network traffic." > > An additional problem that comes to mind in connection with integrating > Windows and LTSP (or any Linux) system, is dongle protected software. > > BR, > Gudmund > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! > Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications= in > the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=107521&bid$8729&dat=12164= 2 > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > |