allisonp@world.std.com wrote:

> I use vms on a M76 and 300k/s is minimum I'd expect to see from the
> eithernet, that's pretty good for that...  From the disks, I expect far
> higher in the megabytes/second range.  For example a RZ24-->rz24
> backup/image takes few minutes for a full disk, never timed it so I'm not
> sure if its 5min or 10min thing.
>
> I suspect while you may be using a DMA capable kernel it's running as PIO.
> Even at PIO i'd say thats poor and would expect that from a MV2000.
>
> Allison

    This unit has two RZ24 HDD's and transfers between the disks seems to be
slow. Which kernel uses purely DMA transfers? Generally, how would a VAX like
this perform as a web server?

TiA

Paul