Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Informix-Dynamix-Server does writes in "cooked files" (normal Files, not Raw-Devices) like the test-program attached here. It simulates writes with the Informix AIO-VPs - they are done with O_SYNC, so there will never be more than 2kB loss in case of a crash. I dont know why my Sybase-SQL-Anywhere has no performance problem -Informix has. Compile: gcc tproc.c -o tprog Create the testfile: cd /path/to/drbd/mounted/file/system; touch testfile Test performance: time /.../tprog Look at your IO: vmstat I have around 150 Blocks/sec Any ideas how to tune this? Thomas /*--------------- Anfang tprog.c -------------------*/ #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> main() { int fd; char buffer_vc[64*1024]; int i; char *ptr_pc = buffer_vc; if ( ( fd = open( "./testfile", O_WRONLY | O_SYNC ) ) == -1 ) { perror( "Datei ./testfile muss erst angelegt werden" ); exit( 1 ); } for ( i = 0; i < 10000; i++ ) { if ( write( fd, ptr_pc, 2048 ) < 0 ) { perror( "Fehler beim Schreiben\n"); exit( 1 ); } } close( fd ); } /*--------------- Ende tprog.c ---------------*/