Re: RamFAST & GS/OS cache

[dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons)]

In article <1fneioINNpgi@gap.caltech.edu> toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>[...]
>Um, without knowing any juicy details of how the FST's operate, this would be
>rather difficult, unless you _want_ somebody to go in and start hacking around
>to insert some statistic-gathering code.

That's true, the statistics are difficult to collect.  I don't have time to
investigate it myself right now.  (Others in the group similarly have more
pressing things to do.)


>[...] You probably don't want to get me started about how easy it is
>to make the prodos FST (at least the 5.0.4 one) blow chunks after DWrites to
>a volume with open files on it, no matter how safe those DWrites should be...

No need to get started on that, it *is* easy.  It's also as-designed.  We
don't recommend doing DWrites to a volume that has open files.
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