Re: kaio

Posted in 1997

Clem Akins — 30 Jun 1997 22:33:28 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Clem pontificates: >>But I have personally done a benchmark on a large OLTP system on HP and saw a >>10% reduction in average transaction time due to changing only KAIO. >> David Williams laments: > Why? Since KAIO threads run in the same process as sqlexec threads > (which in effect "generate" I/O requests). [...] > I'm confused unless KAIO is poorly implemented in some way.... I think you are just confused. "Reduction in transaction time" means a performance *improvement.* All the things you listed are correct, and the KAIO made things faster for me for all those reasons. Clem ______________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clema@informix.com) Informix Software, Inc (Standard disclaimers apply) International Technical Support Last seen: "Get back to work, you!" in Auckland, NZ