kenw%noah.arc.CDN@ean.ubc.ca (Ken Wallewein) (06/13/88)
I really have to wonder about a product named VAST. Some disgruntled customer is sure to claim that it's only half-VAST. :-) /kenw
MACALLSTR@vax1.physics.oxford.ac.UK (06/28/88)
Anyone had experience ( good/bad/indifferent ) of the RABBIT-9 package alternatively known as VAST - VAX Acceleration Software Technology? The package dynamically changes system parameters every two seconds and on a VAX 8700 only uses about 0.2 sec CPU time per day ( as reported by SHOW SYSTEM ) and, from my observations, appears to ensure that there is always an adequate pool of free memory : adjusts FREELIM,etc dynamically! I have the package on trial and would be interested in hearing others' comments to aid the evaluation. Our system is 'memory rich' at the moment and may not be a good system to observe any immediate benefits from this package. However, there appears to be an endless stream of software packages to install and with increasing use of DECnet, etc the number of processes in the system continues to grow; so I'm trying to plan for the future and avoid bottlenecks before they occur. John