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Date:      Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:42:01 -0800
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV)
Cc:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Good news -- pipe stuff 
Message-ID:  <199601290442.UAA28527@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jan 1996 22:18:00 %2B0700." <m0tgl3R-000CIQC@nemesis.lonestar.org> 

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>Oh, and with all the systems on the same drive, I wonder which system
>was the one whose preferred disk geometry was forced on everybody else
>and which OS got what part of the drive, (since transfers from outer cylinders
>are faster on modern drives with more sectors per seek)? 

All disk related benchmarks were performed on a second disk that was
re-intialized for all operating systems prio to their test run.  I
doubt that disk locality had much of an impact on the other benchmarks.

>Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi"
>or uhclem%nemesis@rwsystr.nkn.net           | demand...  A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!
>"
>	  ^------(this is the fastest route)|"A what?"
>or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem	    |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!"  - 1983
>

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Justin T. Gibbs
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