nagy%43198.hepnet@LBL.ARPA.UUCP (04/10/87)
Well, I don't know what the formula is, but it works pretty well. The one exception seems to be with systems that are 100% busy because batch jobs are ALWAYS running in the background and eating up that idle time. We have a 2 node LAVC (both MicroVAXes) and get the users fairly well split between the two systems. One point to beware of when you try it: if your systems are lightly loaded AND you a trying "load balancing" by logging in another session from your terminal, you will find that the DECServer's bias to add a new terminal to an existing virtual circuit will cause your 2nd session to go to the same VAXCluster node (this is done to more efficiently use the communications channel - the controller and CPU on the host - by doubling up characters for two terminals in the same Enet packets).