Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
Hi Walter,
>Hoi peter,
>
>>>Wat's that about latency ? Do you mean the disk write latency ? Yes of course, we still have this problem in all VFP applications. I don't see this as an attempt to get a full featured database server.
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>>Hi Walter,
>>
>>Don't want to go off topic, but what is it with this latency ? I know what it is technically, but don't recognize any problems with it with respect to VFP. Could you briefly explain ? Thx.
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>Latency has to do with physically writing changes to the medium (hardisk). Harddisk have to ability to chache the writechanges while the OS thinks that they're already written.
>
>Walter,
I don't know that "latency" is the correct 'technical' term for this delay between caching and physically writing data, though I agree that George's use was certainly with that intention.
My understanding of "latency" has to do with the delay inherent in getting exact physical spot (record position, I suppose) of the cylinder under the read/write heads so that the correct data can be read OR the data can be written to the correct spot.
I also understood that "seek time" was the delay involved in placing the read/write heads at the correct cylinder in the first place.
Cheers,
Jim
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