RE: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap an AS/400

I believe that it is still possible to fill the disk on an AS/400 if you
leave database monitor running for many hours.  This catastrophe can happen
on an AS/400 - the machine that prevents SNADS transfers when they exceed
the disk threshold.  You may presume that I am speaking from experience.

I was VERY cross with my friends in the IBM Rochester database group for
allowing this to happen.  If I do it to myself, I have no excuse.  In my
opinion, Rochester should never create a generally-available tool that can
kill a system.

By the way, I have learned several ways to prevent this from happening.
That particular zealous pursuit of knowledge probably wouldn't have happened
without experience.

The OS should protect itself from malice and stupidity.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Mark Walter
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:19 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap an
> AS/400
>
>
> Say the program loops and writes records into a data file of some sort,
>  the procedure fills up the disk. This can happen by the way. An AS/400
> query with improper joins specified will also fill up disk. The
> cannot know
> what is filling up the disk, it can only warn someone that the disk is
> reached its threshold. Eventually, the machine will fail. I'd say
> that this
> is not the fault of the OS.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Svalgaard [SMTP:leif@leif.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:16 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready
> to scrap an
> AS/400
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Walter <mwalter@netrax.net>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 12:43 PM
> Subject: RE: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap an
> AS/400
>
>
> > I'm sorry but a program that goes into a infinite loop and brings a
> system
> to it's knees is not  the fault of the operating system.
> >
>
> If a an application program goes into an infinite loop and the
> WHOLE system
> is on its knees, it IS the fault of the operating system.
>
>
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