[WriteLog] How often during a typical contest weekend do you haveto restart WriteLog?

[Robert Pitman]

I've never had to restart Writelog during a contest. But I often get that annoying little box appearing that reads along the lines of Writelog cannot ..... Please switch to etc.

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On 12 Jul 2011, at 15:13, "Chuck" <w5pr at swbell.net> wrote:

> I don't remember ever having a forced restart.
> 
> Chuck W5PR
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "W. Wright, W5XD" <w5xd at writelog.com>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 10:40 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] How often during a typical contest weekend do you haveto 
> restart WriteLog?
> 
> 
>> I would like to estimate a number for how much users are forced to restart
>> WriteLog in a typical operation. Can you offer a statistic for this metric
>> for your own operations:
>> 
>> the average number of hours between forced restarts of WriteLog
>> 
>> The word "forced" means that you didn't want to restart, but you could not
>> continue otherwise. I don't really want 2nd hand info--please don't guess
>> someone else's number. If you voluntarily shut down for breaks, that 
>> doesn't
>> count. For the purpose of this exercise, the highest possible number is
>> 48--the maximum number of operating hours in most contests.
>> 
>> It has occured to me, for example, that WriteLog's journalling is so
>> reliable and efficient that crashes happen all the time and it recovers so
>> fast that nobody bothers to report crashes and hangs.
>> 
>> Thanks for any comments.
>> Wayne, W5XD
>> 
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