I have no experience with RAID controllers, but we may be going to a dedicated server with a RAID controller in the not too distant future. I have a question: Would not the OS and RAID controller (and mainly the controller) be responsible for mirroring the writes? I don't think there should be any changes neccessary to the program to work with RAID. Am I wrong?
Thanks,
Joe
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>>Fox in no way conflicts with RAID. However, you should make sure ALL write cache is turned off. This is not a Fox problem, but is a good rule for all database systems.
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>Follow-up...
>This is probably futile because my contract is up soon but...(it's a matter of principle)
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>1. How do you turn write cache off? I only see Write back or write thru as an option.
>2. Is there any written documentation on how to propoerly use fox tables and RAID?
>3. Is it fair to say that one of the basic limitations of foxpro and cached processing is that foxpro issues large packets and does not multi-thread so therefore a single misdirected packet will result in poor performance and file read errors? (I know that's very simplistic, I'm trying not to be verbose...and failing miserably)
>4. I would love any suggestions to help clarify the do's and don'ts of foxpro on an IP network.
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>TIA....again.
Joseph C. Kempel
Systems Analyst/Programmer
JNC