> Stay tuned. We're not done with this discussion yet, not by a
> long stretch.
>
I do a lot of record level buffering for any tables open for read/write,
rarely table buffering. Most of my tables with multi-user utilization are
opened read-only. Thus, I may be able to skirt around some of the issues
that have plagued Ted. But, I am certainly open to any input from others
that have gone down this road already.
I guess that all-in-all there is no true perfection with any technical
approach to solving challenges put before us. It has always been a matter
of tweaking to get things as perfectly balanced as possible for the project
at hand. New(er) tools = newer opportunities to find the need to do more
such tweaking I guess <g>...
Gil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prolinux-bounces at leafe .DOT com [mailto:prolinux-bounces@leafe.com]On
> Behalf Of Ted Roche
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:53 PM
> To: gil at gilhale .DOT com; ProLinux Email List
> Subject: Re: [ProLinux] Samba, oplocks, spinlocks and lock spin time?
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com> wrote:
> > Mike (and Ted), thank you both for bringing this up as a
> potential issue,
> > and for offering a solid course of correction.
>
> Stay tuned. We're not done with this discussion yet, not by a
> long stretch.
>
> Open file, lock, write record, close file is so... FoxBase.
>
> We have VFP apps up and running 18 hours a day that don't get shut
> off, ever, and a Mere Mortals framework that leaves lots of files
> open, on a Windows server. That's the Right Way to do things.
> Open/close operations are enormously expensive in terms of I/O and
> time.
>
> Mike, you're not wrong, you just need to update a bit. Samba has grown
> leaps and bounds since 2.0 you were probably using back then. Specific
> fixes mentioning FoxPro are in the Samba change logs.
>
> I'm running Samba version 3.0.23a-1.fc4.1, yeah, time to upgrade the
> distro, and have been running with six or seven people hammering away
> at this application for three years. Win98, Win2000 and WinXP. No
> Vista Allowed :)
>
> > This likely prevented me from having some really bad days
>
> Pilot test and evaluate your app, of course, but I think you'll find
> Samba a more reliable and stable and perhaps even faster platform.
>
> --
> Ted Roche
> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
> http://www.tedroche.com
>
>
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