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

No, it is a failure to take advantage of the OS.  To 
handle just this case we use the function in our group 
profiles to limit their disk space.  We get an automatic 
email every week letting me know what the percent use of 
their maximum each group is at.  Therefore OS/400 will 
trap this - if you tell it to.
We implemented this after an analyst did the improper join.





mwalter@netrax.net on 07/26/2000 03:02:09 PM
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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.

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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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