> > One problem with O_SYNC would be, that the OS does not group writes any > > more. So the code would need to eighter do it's own sorting and grouping > > (256k) or use aio, or you won't be able to get the maximum out of the disks. > > Or just run multiple writer processes, which I believe is Oracle's > solution.
That does not help, since for O_SYNC the OS'es (those I know) do not group those writes together. Oracle allows more than one writer to busy more than one disk(subsystem) and circumvent other per process limitations (mainly on platforms without AIO). Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly