Re: Load vs unload time differ. why?

Posted in 1998

Kevin Patten — Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:04:10 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

A write will most certainly take longer than a read. Michael Mstowski wrote in message <34EC5A2B.67EAEE95@spaceworks.com>... > If I lock a table, shouldn't the load and unload be the same time? If >not, then why? What are the valid internal Informix database reasons >that a load time and a unload >time are different given that: >1) No indexes are used >2) The tables are locked in exclusive mode. > >Does a disk write take longer than a read? > >Thanks for any help, >Michael > >