From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yusuf Goolamabbas Subject: Does Postmark correctly model email workloads Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:14:03 +0800 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040319041403.GA30722@outblaze.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B4BOa-0002tS-CT for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:14:08 -0800 Received: from corpmail.outblaze.com ([203.86.166.82]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B4BOZ-0007B4-IW for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:14:07 -0800 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by corpmail.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D3B37B3F for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:14:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yusufg.portal2.com (210-177-227-130.outblaze.com [210.177.227.130]) by corpmail.outblaze.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A56F16DD9C for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:14:05 +0000 (GMT) To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Looking at the source of Postmark, I don't see any fsync/O_SYNC calls. MTA's are very fsync intensive. As such, I am not sure if Postmark correctly models email-intensive workloads or have I missed something obvious ? Paper/source on Postmark available here http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3022.print Charles, any comments ? Regards, Yusuf ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs