davew@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com (David C. White) (07/01/89)
I have a question regarding the memory and disk requirements for SUN 3/80 systems. I am trying to get a feel for how much memory and how much disk is required to have a usable (I know 'usable' is subject to interpretation) system that won't get bogged down doing swapping. The system(s) would be used for heavy software development for imbedded microprocessors using cross-compilers and also for debugging using in-circuit emulators attached to the network. How much room is the operating system going to occupy on the disk? How much memory is the kernal going to grab? How much memory gets taken up for each terminal window opened? Does anybody have any experience with these kinds of numbers for X-Windows? The SUN salesman gave one of our software guys a quote for four 8MB systems with one 104 MB disk in each system. I have a real good feel for what it takes to equip a DEC VAXstation 3100 to make it usable with several windows open and doing compiles and debugging, but I really need some feedback from actual SUN users and what they feel is needed since I don't have any SUN systems here that I can play with to see what they require. Thanks for any responses. Please email if you can. -- David White Grass Valley Group, Inc. VOICE: +1 916.478.3052 P.O. Box 1114 Grass Valley, CA 95945 FAX: +1 916.478.3778