| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] DB modified date is over a month old, but Forced Writes are ON?? |
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| Author | Ann Harrison |
| Post date | 2011-06-09T14:23:46Z |
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:04 AM, André Knappstein, Controlling
<Knappstein@...> wrote:
wasn't discovered until recently because the Linux I/O system tends to
write changes to disk regularly, while Windows will keep changes in
the file system cache for hours or days, until it runs out of space.
Early on (1.0 days) people would lose lots of work because of an
abrupt shutdown on Windows and the Firebird team made it much harder
to run on Windows without forced writes on.
Good luck,
Ann
<Knappstein@...> wrote:
> r> I thought that maybe someone had turned Forced Writes to OFF but IThe forced write problem was on Linux, not Windows. It was subtle and
> r> just checked the properties and it says that Forced Writes are ON.
>
>
> Which version of 1.5.?
> If I am not mistaken, Forced Writes have been without any effect for 1.5. at least until 1.5.4. and definitely on Linux, but probably also on Windows.
>
wasn't discovered until recently because the Linux I/O system tends to
write changes to disk regularly, while Windows will keep changes in
the file system cache for hours or days, until it runs out of space.
Early on (1.0 days) people would lose lots of work because of an
abrupt shutdown on Windows and the Firebird team made it much harder
to run on Windows without forced writes on.
Good luck,
Ann