new overview method performance

[The Hermit Hacker]

I'm curiuos, but how big does this buffer need to be?  If I allocate 18gig
for a CNFS buffer, how much do I need to allocate for an appropriate
buffindexd buffer?

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Katsuhiro Kondou wrote:

> In article <19990731114025S.kondou at inn.do.mms.mt.nec.co.jp>,
> 	Katsuhiro Kondou <kondou at nec.co.jp> wrote;
> 
> } The new code almost works good but one problem.  Makehistory
> } dumps core (bus error not segmentation fault) and I can't find
> } how it comes.  It simply memset() within mmapped area in the
> } buff.  Maybe I should know more about solaris.
> 
> I've committed new ovmethod.  You need to setup pathetc/buffindexed.conf
> to use 'buffindexed' and ovmethod in inn.conf should be set to
> buffindexed.  The buffer can be created like cycbuff.  And you
> can see the usage of the buffer thru 'inndf -o'.  Note that the
> buffer is not cyclic.  Allocated block in the buffer is never
> used again until expireover frees.
> 
> The problem I wrote still exists.  You may not recreate overview
> by makehistory yet.  But hopefully someone finds the problem and
> reports how it comes.
> -- 
> Katsuhiro Kondou
> 

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