Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
[snipped a lot of good stuff]
>
>But...file system access won't see it (unless someone goes out of their
>way to poke the EOF high enough first, which is unlikely).
>
>Further, I wouldn't want to count on any backup program being smart
>enough to correctly notice the extra data on disk, and back it up
>for me!
 
It might be worth noting that mapped access to files does not
work with high-availabilty software, i.e. NetBase (aka SharePlex).
 
Goetz Neumann,
HP Response Center Germany.