5 Nov
2005
5 Nov
'05
8:01 p.m.
On 05/11/2005, at 5:09 AM, Allison wrote:
As good as VMS is (and it is) it doesn't support process
checkpointing "out of the box" but depending on the application it's
not too hard to code. Of course this is true for other operating
systems too.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies at kerberos.davies.net.au
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But does any
software even consider being able to be rolled back
from a
check point nowdays?
With a well designed virtual memory system ( no gui stuff I
guess ) a
process that takes several
days? or more to process needs to interuptable and saveable.
I think VMS and a few of the real OSs do but PCs nah.