On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Jim Bender wrote:
> Then why were they so damn slow even when connected to a "fast" VAX on a=
=20
> fast HSC or even a high end SDI controller?    So slow we were wishing we
> had our Massbuss disks back.    :-(

RA disks are big and heavy, which implies they seek rather slowly. but if
you want to load a BIG file, thats not too fragmented they give very good
performance.=20

Atleast this is what we are experiencing here at update, running over 40
RA-90's 91's and 92's, from three HSC-90s on CI bus on a VAX 6440...




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