ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) (09/10/90)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In article <25894@boulder.Colorado.EDU> huntting@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Brad Huntting) writes: > [...] What I want to know is what is this newsgroup for? And who created it? This newsgroup was created through the official voting process. It was among several separately-voted issues that reorganized comp.unix. The newsgroup is intended for discussion of issues that are unique to large (i.e. mainframe or parallel) Unix installations. Any of the following are good examples: (importance of these will vary between organizations) - many typical CPU-bound tasks become I/O-bound on a large system - how do you manage a "disk farm" on a Unix system? - is your site having problems putting more than 1024 tty lines on one machine? - mainframe users expect access to tapes to be handled by a tape operator - mainframes make excellent file servers but some planning is helpful - how can you get the most out of both mainframes and workstations at one site? This is by no means a complete list of the large Unix systems issues. To this I'll add some of the things that we at Amdahl have done to address these issues - Amdahl Unix "UTS" has broken the 1024-port barrier and has sites running in that configuration - competiton for tape devices is arbitrated by software and a tape operator - We use UTS systems as giant file servers - The same systems run just fine with hundreds of users logged in - UTS runs equally well in native mode or as a guest of VM - we support both 3270 and ASCII terminals (but workstations seem to be preferred :-) -- signature follows Ian Kluft == == == UTS Systems Software == == == Amdahl Corportation ======= == ==== ==== ======= ======= == ====== == Santa Clara, CA ======== ============ ======== ======== ========= == == == == == == == == == == == ikluft@uts.amdahl.com ======= == == == == == ======= == == == ======== == == == == == ======== == == == Amdahl mainframes == == == == == == == == == == == == are the largest Unix ======== == == == ======== ======== == == == systems in the world ===== == == == == ======== ===== == == == ==
diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa) (09/12/90)
Mr. Kluft's article appears to have some news that might be relevant to many readers of this newsgroup. Therefore I am reposting it with "Distribution: world". (We received a copy because our news machine thinks it's in the U.S.A. Sorry to send a second copy to other readers who receive "Distribution: usa". I don't know how to exclude a country.) In article <f9ad02blc6jL01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> ikluft@tde.uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) writes: >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >In article <25894@boulder.Colorado.EDU> huntting@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Brad Huntting) writes: >> [...] What I want to know is what is this newsgroup for? And who created it? > >This newsgroup was created through the official voting process. It was among >several separately-voted issues that reorganized comp.unix. > >The newsgroup is intended for discussion of issues that are unique to large >(i.e. mainframe or parallel) Unix installations. Any of the following are >good examples: (importance of these will vary between organizations) >- many typical CPU-bound tasks become I/O-bound on a large system >- how do you manage a "disk farm" on a Unix system? >- is your site having problems putting more than 1024 tty lines on one machine? >- mainframe users expect access to tapes to be handled by a tape operator >- mainframes make excellent file servers but some planning is helpful >- how can you get the most out of both mainframes and workstations at one site? >This is by no means a complete list of the large Unix systems issues. > >To this I'll add some of the things that we at Amdahl have done to address >these issues >- Amdahl Unix "UTS" has broken the 1024-port barrier and has sites running > in that configuration >- competiton for tape devices is arbitrated by software and a tape operator >- We use UTS systems as giant file servers >- The same systems run just fine with hundreds of users logged in >- UTS runs equally well in native mode or as a guest of VM >- we support both 3270 and ASCII terminals > (but workstations seem to be preferred :-) > >-- >signature follows >^L >Ian Kluft == == == >UTS Systems Software == == == >Amdahl Corportation ======= == ==== ==== ======= ======= == ====== == >Santa Clara, CA ======== ============ ======== ======== ========= == > == == == == == == == == == == >ikluft@uts.amdahl.com ======= == == == == == ======= == == == > ======== == == == == == ======== == == == > Amdahl mainframes == == == == == == == == == == == == >are the largest Unix ======== == == == ======== ======== == == == >systems in the world ===== == == == == ======== ===== == == == == -- Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC diamond@tkovoa.enet.dec.com (tkou02 is scheduled for demolition) We steer like a sports car: I use opinions; the company uses the rack.