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Giovanni,
That's the situation from the point of view of one of my users:
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Both Outlook Express and Global server is not running. I deleted GSQF file
and Windows page file and proceeded with Disk Defragmentator.
The disk is defragmented (with free space clearing) now.
I restarted Windows and run Global Server (in offline mode). I don't run
Outlook Express!
GSQF file is created and it contains my email again!
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Regards,
DB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Giovanni Pugliese" <Giovanni.Pugliese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'DB'" <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 17:45
Subject: RE: Omega 2000i & privacy
> Thank you for you response. I believe that you are correct on your
> observations. It has been pointed out that when we allocate space on your
> hard drive, windows assigns us the readily available space on the drive in
> the order that the space is available. if data has been marked deleted by
> windows and this data resides in the area that has been allocated by the
OS,
> you will be able to view it in external viewers. As you are probably
aware,
> when data is deleted from your drive, this does not mean that the data has
> been wiped from your hard drive, its just means that the data has been
> marked as deleted and that the space is available to be written over by
any
> application. When we allocate the space, not all of the space is usually
> used as we try to maintain the cache file as empty as possible for the
best
> possible performance. This means that there is allocated space that
cannot
> be written to by any other program, and may not be written to at the
moment
> by our own program, which you are viewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 5:13 PM
> To: Omega-List; Giovanni Pugliese
> Subject: Re: Omega 2000i & privacy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Giovanni Pugliese" <Giovanni.Pugliese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'DB'" <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 16:34
> Subject: RE: Omega 2000i & privacy
>
>
> > I would like to pose a couple of questions. First, is anyone else
seeing
> > this type of behavior. Mind you, tampering with the GSQF file is not
the
> > most advisable course of action since it is tampering with a major
> component
> > in the data collection process.
> Giovanni, i was contacted by more than a dozen of people and all of them
> have their private data in this file.
>
> >
> > Secondly, are you sure that you have not associated the file with some
> sort
> > of document type? This might be causing mix-ups with the file type
> itself.
> > If you notice, when you open the file using the 'open with' selection in
> the
> > RB click menu, there is a little check box at the bottom right hand
corner
> > which states 'Always use this program to open these files'. If you
leave
> > this check box checked, windows will automatically associate this file
> with
> > that program. I have seen this cause problems in the past. We have
done
> > the test you have suggested here and have been unable to see any data in
> the
> > file that may suggest it's reading text from another application. If
this
> > would be happening, I would have to think that there is some type of
> mix-up
> > in memory and would be very interested in tracking down the problem.
> Giovanni, I understand the features of Windows interface. The file can be
> seen by external viewers, for example FAR.
>
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:19 PM
> > To: Giovanni Pugliese
> > Cc: Omega-List
> > Subject: Re: Omega 2000i & privacy
> >
> >
> > Giovanni,
> >
> > I meant the same - Global Server used this file for fast
> indexing/accessing
> > etc. Actually, this is a kind of swap (cache) file that is used only by
> > Omega, right?
> > But this file contains the emails from the Mail programs (like Outlook
> > Express) and files from other programs (documents from My Document
folder
> > and other).
> > What purpose for?
> >
> > Regards,
> > DB
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Giovanni Pugliese" <Giovanni.Pugliese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 16:02
> > Subject: FW: Omega 2000i & privacy
> >
> >
> > > In response to these emails,
> > >
> > > The GSQF.Dat file is a cache file that maintains up to the last three
> > > hundred ticks of data for ALL the symbols that one is collecting for
in
> > the
> > > server. The size of this file is determined by the data feed which
you
> > are
> > > using. The size of this file is between 100 to 150 megs : Actually its
> > > either 100 megs or 150 megs for DTN - Hyper feed I believe is 300
megs.
> > >
> > > This cache file was done with a couple of reasons in mind. First, it
> > > prevents corruption in your data file (The PDS file) since it is not
> being
> > > written to on every tick, but rather data is flushed into it every
three
> > > ticks, meaning that we open the file, write three hundred ticks, and
> then
> > > close the file. Secondly, we are able to process the data faster by
> > writing
> > > it to a specialized cache file where indexing of the data is done with
a
> > > 'linked list' concept for those c - c++ programmers out there. I do
not
> > > know what exactly is meant by 'reading emails' or copying a windows
page
> > > file, since a windows page file is memory that windows allocates for
an
> > > application (Unless you mean that we are utilizing the area windows
has
> > > allocated for our application, which is natural since every windows
> > > application uses its allotted 'pages in memory'. I hope I have shed
> some
> > > light into these issues and would be more than happy to elaborate on
> these
> > > topics if you clarify your concerns.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Riccardo Ronco [mailto:riccardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:21 PM
> > > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx; DB
> > > Subject: RE: Omega 2000i & privacy
> > >
> > >
> > > My file is 100 megs long... and I can't read it. What is all about?
> > >
> > > rgrds
> > >
> > > Riccardo Ronco
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 17 March 2000 15:58
> > > > To: Omega-List
> > > > Subject: Omega 2000i & privacy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Several people wrote me that they have their emails, private files
and
> > > > documents in file \Program Files\Omega Research\Server\GSQF.dat
> > > >
> > > > It seems that Global Server copied part of Windows page file to its
> own
> > > > folder for faster access to virtual memory. Or I'm wrong and
> > > > Omega reads your emails???
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > DB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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