Re: How to measure the speed
From: Disk Emulation Sys <diskmsys_at_netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 20:57:07 GMT
Message-ID: <diskmsysCx9rJ7.n3y_at_netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 20:57:07 GMT
Message-ID: <diskmsysCx9rJ7.n3y_at_netcom.com>
Joel Garry (joelga_at_rossinc.com) wrote (prelim stuff deleted):
: So, if your requirement is a GUARANTEED access in 3 seconds, sorry, it
: can't be done. If your requirement is most accesses in 3 seconds, the
: answer is, "it depends..." On how much memory you have, more than
: anything, how many users, how often they are updating, how often they
: are inquiring, what else is going on, how well the application is
: designed and how well the design is executed. Among other things.
: Some situations will be cpu-bound, some disk-bound, some
: memory-bound, and the only way to tell if a particular configuration
: will work is empirically.
Too bad no "iostat" for non-Unix...
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