[comp.sys.xerox] 8000 with 380MB trident disk vs. a 1108-turned 8000 ?

eho@reason.Princeton.EDU (Eric Ho) (03/22/89)

Does anyone out there has any data about the performance difference between an
8000 fileserver with one of those 380meg trident (removable) disk and an
1108-turned 8000 fileserver with a 42meg local disk ?  Assuming that both
machines are only loaded with File Service and Clearinghouse Service and both
have the same amount of RAM and other hardware facilities are the same.

I know that the access time for the trident disk is about 51ms.  Does anyone
know the access time for the 42meg local disk on a typical 1108 ?

Any pointers will be much appreciated.

Eric Ho
Princeton Cognitive Science Lab.,	Princeton University
email = eho@phoenix.princeton.edu	voice = 609-987-2987
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regards.

-eric-