Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 23:46:04 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dutchman@spase.nl (Kees Jan Koster) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HDD cpu usage (NOT: IDE vs. SCSI). Message-ID: <199604031416.XAA20423@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604031015.MAA00402@deimos.spase.nl> from "Kees Jan Koster" at Apr 3, 96 12:15:47 pm
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Kees Jan Koster stands accused of saying: > > When I originally posted my question it was not to (re-)ignite the old > religious war on what system to use. All I want to know is if the CPU usage > by my NCR 53C810 controller is excessive or not. > > Well, I guess the NCR does use a lot of CPU, and this is normal. ...except that it's just been explained that the NCR doesn't use lots of CPU, it's the filesystem (etc.) overheads and the fact that your benchmark wasn't meaning anything significant anyway... 8) > Kees Jan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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