On Tue, 29 May 2007, thelarsons3@cox.net wrote:

> I set up my Q840 long ago to be my "software build box" before I knew 
> about or fully realized the implications of the slow SCSI on these 
> systems.  (Is Michael Zucca still around?)  I was wondering if by 
> netmounting /usr/pkgsrc I'd gain anything, or not?
>
> The practical limit of the 840's network is maybe 8 Mb/s, and SCSI-1 can 
> reach 5 MB/s.  If actual performance is less than 1 MB/s though, it 
> might be better to netmount!
>
> Am I way off in my reasoning, here?  This is not really my area of 
> expertise but it makes sense to me.  It is a shame my blazing fast (ha 
> ha) Quadra is hobbled by a slow drive.  I unpacked a tarball on my 
> "slower" A/UX box recently and was almost shocked at how fast it 
> performed.

 	Its certainly worth benchmarking. If you have a chunk of memory
 	in the box you might also want to try a tmpfs
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