sdroppers@pbs.uucp (Seton Droppers) (02/09/90)
In article <6099.25cd3962@pbs.uucp>, sdroppers@pbs.uucp (Seton Droppers) writes: > We are investigating adding an additional VAX to our four vax > cluster (2x8650, 2x785, 2xHSC50, 8xRA82, 6xRA81, 3xRA60) and have > offers for either an 8650 or a 6000-410. This machine would be > used exclusively for All-In-1. We currently run about 85-90 > users on each of our 8650s for mixed corporate time share (about > 50% All-In-1). The question is what can we expect with these > machines in an all All-In-1 environment. Our plans are to set > the new machine up with 64Mb memory and dynamic tuning (via > Dynamic Load Balancer). Should we expect to see better > performance with one machine or the other and what sort of fix on > logged in All-In-1 users should we expect to handle? Any other > comments you wish to make? So far I have only gotten a few replies to this, and all of them to a posting on the DECUServe (DECUS VAXnotes) system. All of the replies have strongly suggested moving to the 6000-410 system for the more up to day technology and improved upgrade paths available. I am still looking for any other comments. Our department director is using this and another item as a trial baloon for using usenet, so don't hesitate to flood us with responses. Please E-Mail your comments to me. I will attempt to summarize the responses again. If you have tried to mail to us and it has bounced, sorry. We are still a pure UUCP site and that sometimes causes trouble. Thank you very much for your time and effort. Seton R. Droppers, Systems Manager Public Broadcasting Service, Computer Services UUCP: ...{vrdxhq,csed-1,IDA.ORG}!pbs!sdroppers Voice: 703/739-5100 USMail: 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314-1698