[757] in Coldmud discussion meeting

Re: tCD and ColdX mailing lists

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sun Jul 30 17:23:51 1995 )

Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 17:20:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: James C Deikun <jcdst10+@pitt.edu>
To: 869683 Gillespie Brandon James <brandon@paradise.declab.usu.edu>
Cc: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9507301849.AA00587@paradise.declab.usu.edu>



On Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 869683 Gillespie Brandon James wrote:

> If this is the case, would you like to see connection io go the same route,
> where you have to ask for input on a connection?
> 
> I dont know if I would like this or not, perhaps have both mechanisms going..
> (defined when you open the connection as intrusive/non-intrusive)
> 
> I would like to make both work the same, because if done right there really
> shouldn't be a difference to the db...  (of course, intrusive files would
> just mean that every iteration of the main loop it would read a block in
> from the file)

Methinks this would maybe spam the server just a LITTLE BIT.

A Cold server is pretty fast as VESes go, but I seriously doubt it could 
keep up with a SCSI HD.  Probably not even a streaming tape.

The only thing that even lets Cold work like this with connections is 
that they tend to be a) comparatively slow and b) idle a lot.

--
James "singing viking" Deikun