From: John Gardiner Myers <jgmyers@netscape.com>
To: linux-aio <linux-aio@kvack.org>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] adding aio_readv/writev
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:20:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9066AD.6030904@netscape.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020923114104.A11680@redhat.com
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Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
>Only db2 uses vectored io heavily. Oracle does not, and none of the open
>source databases do. Vectored io is pretty useless for most people.
>
>
writev is extremely important for networking as it avoids small packets.
Why do people have such tunnel vision around aio to disk? Aio to
network is far more important, as networks are much slower than disks.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-24 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-20 20:39 [RFC] adding aio_readv/writev Shailabh Nagar
[not found] ` <1032555981.2082.10.camel@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net>
2002-09-23 14:30 ` Shailabh Nagar
2002-09-23 18:53 ` Clement T. Cole
[not found] ` <20020923114104.A11680@redhat.com>
2002-09-24 13:20 ` John Gardiner Myers [this message]
2002-09-24 13:52 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2002-09-24 14:13 ` John Gardiner Myers
2002-09-23 17:59 Chen, Kenneth W
[not found] <200209231851.g8NIpea12782@igw2.watson.ibm.com>
2002-09-23 19:52 ` Shailabh Nagar
2002-09-23 20:39 ` Clement T. Cole
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