johno@dduck.ctt.bellcore.com (John OBrien) (05/25/89)
In article <1020@syma.sussex.ac.uk> andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) writes: >From article <2400053@kailand>, by pwolfe@kailand.KAI.COM: >> Check out the latest SURF proceedings for Ron Parsons article on tuning Dynix >> V3.0 systems. Besides being entertaining, it contains oodles of useful >> information about measuring and tuning system performace. I second the suggestion to get a hold of Ron Parson's material. I have had the pleasure of listening to several of his talks in addition to presenting our performance results, findings, speculations, etc to him. We've had several one-on-one meetings and all have been exceptional. If Sequent could package Ron Parson and his talks on a tape, and then sell it to customers, it would be the best investment they ever made. An hour of listening to Ron Parson's will save any multi-processor user many weeks of effort trying to figure out what may be happening in the system (note I don't restrict it only to Sequent systems). Ron presents material in a clear, concise, and humorous fashion. Frankly, I'm surprised some other computer company hasn't made him an "offer he can't refuse." Of course, Sequent may already have done that. Enjoy, John O'Brien Bellcore (Bell Communications Research) (201) 699-8788 johno@ctt or (...!bellcore!ctt!johno) John O'B