From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 28 20:42:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA28540 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:42:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA28527 Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:42:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199601290442.UAA28527@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good news -- pipe stuff In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jan 1996 22:18:00 +0700." Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:42:01 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >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 |"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 > -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================