[VServer] OSX Problems

[Erich Geiersberger]

>  > during testing on OSX, we encountered the following problems
>  > Hardware: Dual 866
>
>  > - first database access with loading a lot of records (over 1000)
>  > lasts about 10 times longer than on a P350 PC (Client running on the
>  > same machine)
>
>:-) other developers have found that PC is 10 times slower
>Read more...
>
>  > - When a database disconnect due to time limit of server occurs we
>  > are getting severe crashes of the director app (error 9).
>  > The question is: What do we need to do after such a disconnect on OSX?
>
>  > What procedure is needed to reconnect the client?
>
>Yes you can reconnect.
>
>BTW, if you EXPECT to get long time on query, e.g. Db is big, query is
>complex, you can simply set timeout much longer to avoid such disconnect.
>V4MD have commend to change timeout on client.
>
>
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>Now about speed.
>
>Speed must be comparable. We have test on our MAC and PC that are
>comparable.
>
>Reason of what you see can be:
>-- on MAC in the .ini file you have VerboseLevel = 3
>As result you loose time on a lots of LOG file output.
>
>Check this point.

No, the problem is not debuglevel. I have more results here:

I am doing a getcolumn() on a table with 390 records.
I have cached the list, it is about 76k large.
If I use a server side cursor on the same machine, it lasts between 
50.000 and 70.000 ms to do the getcolumn()
If I use a client side cursor on the same machine it last between 2 and 3 ms.
If I use a server side cursor on a Client (G4 400), it lasts about 
700 ms to do the getcolumn()

Erich