Samba strict sync in "Get the Facts" [Samba strict sync in "Get the Facts"]

Akaina — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:26:06 GMT

Can someone who is familiar with both SAMBA and Windows Server 2003 file serving please explain why Microsoft modified the default configuration of SAMBA for use in its "Get the Facts" campaign?

The MSvsSAMBA.doc says:

strict sync – When set to “yes”, this share-level option instructs Samba to honor all requests to perform disk synchronization when requested to do so by a client. Default setting is “no”.

Could this be the culprit to show a "59%" performance difference between the two systems?

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Inline routines [Inline routines]

Akaina — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:36:16 GMT

Quick question,

I'm not an expert with how .NET compiles, but I was wondering if there exists a feature anything like traditional C++ macros (#include, #whatever) whereby a function could be called with syntax not unlike a regular call, but allow the function code to be literally copied during compile time into an inline routine, thus removing repeated function calls.

One could re-use code and get the speed advantage of hard-coding. Updates to the routine would not require modifying multiple instances of identicly hard-coded routines.

e.g.

inline function myInlineFunction
{
//do lots of CPU intensive things here...
System.Console.Writeline("test function " + scopeVar + "\n");
System.Console.Writeline("test function " + scopeVar + "\n");
System.Console.Writeline("test function " + scopeVar + "\n");
System.Console.Writeline("test function " + scopeVar + "\n");

}//end of myInlineFunction

//meanwhile back at the ranch...

Class1
{
static void Main()
{
    int scopeVar = 1;
    ulong max_count = 99999999;
    System.out.writeline("Welcome to my speedy program\n\n");
    for (int i = 0; i < max_count; i++)
    {
      //normally a function call would be used 9999999 times
      myInlineFunction;   //code is literally pasted here during compile-time
    }//end of for
}//end of member Main
}//end of Class1

This kind of routine would not be able to return values, or accept values, and would exist (have access to variables) only within the scope 'this' of where it was called from.

I could see this as a speed enhancement. Does it already exist? If this is a newb question, I appologize in advance.

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