Planned downtime: Harddrive replacement (again)

[loftar]

But actually, if you were following strictly POSIX it's not that much of porting...

Unfortunately, there are some thing that don't have a common POSIX interface, such as fetching the destination address of incoming UDP packets.

Actually BDB is pain in the ass. It has a lot of cons. You should better consider Tokyo Cabinet and co.

Perhaps. There are a couple of things I like with BDB, though, such as its robustness (it's quite hard to break a BDB database) and its "multiple databases in one file" feature. But certainly, it is arguable that I should check out the alternatives.

[loftar]

So.... loftar, what is your plan for the experiment? When are you going to do it?

I started it just now. I can't say I'm seeing much of any positive effect so far, though.

[Zou]

Aside from the frequent large lag spikes, there doesn't seem to be any smaller ones.

[tempwad]

Unfortunately, there are some thing that don't have a common POSIX interface, such as fetching the destination address of incoming UDP packets.

recvmsg() is posix, and it gives destination address.

[loftar]

Unfortunately, there are some thing that don't have a common POSIX interface, such as fetching the destination address of incoming UDP packets.

recvmsg() is posix, and it gives destination address.

No, it gives the source address, not the destination address. ;)

[Pixi]

Loftar thx for job y doing.
I'm happy then see people, who work at project like this, and give this so much life. Y make a lot off people happy, and just help spending they free time so intersting.

[dagrimreefah]

Lag has cleared up considerably in the past 2 days. Still spikes, but much better imo. Thank you sincerely Loftar.

[tempwad]

Unfortunately, there are some thing that don't have a common POSIX interface, such as fetching the destination address of incoming UDP packets.

recvmsg() is posix, and it gives destination address.

No, it gives the source address, not the destination address.

no, mate, it gives both.
https://groups.google.com/group/comp.os ... 278c7e6fe1

anyway, fuck posix and udp.

[GreenScape]

Unfortunately, there are some thing that don't have a common POSIX interface, such as fetching the destination address of incoming UDP packets.

recvfrom(2). To be more preicse: src_addr which is sockaddr_in. It has both port and source address. But maybe i misunderstood you. If you really mean _destination_ then yeah. But that only make's sense for when you have more than one network interface.

Perhaps. There are a couple of things I like with BDB, though, such as its robustness (it's quite hard to break a BDB database) and its "multiple databases in one file" feature. But certainly, it is arguable that I should check out the alternatives.

Yeah, i agree. That's about personal preferences, needs and experience. But learning something new is always fun Of course only when you have time to spare.

[ArtemisGray]

Compared to a few days back, the lag is way better. Like other people have said there is still the odd big lag spike but other than that the game is playable.

Huzzah~