OSTIME

Posted in 2007

Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:55:15 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Hello ... Does anyone know the amount of overhead added by setting OSTIME to 1 ... v9.40fc9, aix 5.32 From what I believe it is now minimal...just want some validation. Peter

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Art S. Kagel (Oninit LLC) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:51:37 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com wrote: > Hello ... > > Does anyone know the amount of overhead added by setting OSTIME to 1 ... > v9.40fc9, aix 5.32 > In some very old releases there was noticeable overhead due to the cost of the system call used. All versions since 6.01, 5.08, and all IDS releases use gettimeofday() on Unix-like OSes which is very low overhead. The cost is negligable(SP?). Art S. Kagel > >From what I believe it is now minimal...just want some validation. > > Peter > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > >