From: Michael R. <mr...@us...> - 2002-08-30 12:43:37
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Hi Robin, On Friday, 30. August 2002 13:24, Robin KAY wrote: > Michael Roitzsch wrote: > > I have just found another difference between you and me that could > > explain why it works here: I am using raw devices ever since I > > wrote that cache. > > Are you saying that the cache is suboptimal when raw devices are not > used? I don't think Solaris has raw devices. I didn't say that. It _should_ improve performance on any setup, because it basically just combines multiple reads from a device to one lager read and does some pointer juggling. However, it _does_ not improve performance on some setups, so I'm trying to figure out why. Michael -- If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report! |