Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!convex!convex.convex.com!barn From: barn@convex.com (Tim Barney) Newsgroups: comp.unix.large Subject: Re: Hello Keywords: Hola! Message-ID: Date: 10 Sep 90 13:02:45 GMT References: <6f7y02Ubc6wm01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Sender: news@convex.com Lines: 24 I suggest that any UNIX is a large OS. Networking code seems to add quite a bit, and then there's all the "frills" we take for granted nowadays such as semaphored kernels, virtual memory, etc. Thus, this group must refer to LARGE systems running UNIX. Amdahl and Convex certainly qualify in that regard. The uniqueness of running UNIX on a large system, as opposed to a workstation or mini (does anybody make a mini anymore? Or are there only supermicros, superminis, and supersomethings?) might lie in the hardware capabilities and operating environment. Some things that come to mind are the large sizes of RAM in a "large" system (512MB, 1GB), the large disk arrays (50-100+ GB), sheer number of concurrent users, length (that's langth for my friend Dale) of jobs (implied need for checkpoint/restart), and the system administration tools required for a computer room type of operation as opposed to a deskside operation. Now, who wants to discuss these issues concerning LARGE systems (even ignoring the absence of a definition for LARGE)? Some one must have wanted to, because these newsgroup never get created without some voting. Maybe there's a lot of LARGE UNIX system spectators waiting for a game to start?....... :-) Tim Barney Convex Computer Corporation barn@convex.com