Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!rag From: rag@yarra.oz.au (Robyn A Grunberg) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: PICK, UniVerse, Unix and what-have you (info request) Keywords: PICK UNIX Message-ID: <65938@yarra.oz.au> Date: 4 Oct 90 01:42:12 GMT References: <605@eds1.UUCP> <8505@aimed.UUCP> Distribution: comp Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp, Melb., Aust. Lines: 18 In article <8505@aimed.UUCP> nick@aimed.UUCP (Nick Pemberton) writes: >When you move to a non native, like VMARK/UNIVERSE, there are naturally >plenty of things that change. It is, after all, then just a guest O/S. >That having been said, VMARK so far has caused me no grief, save certain >UNIX restrictions (like files not being able to span devices). As one other person has already pointed out, this is only a restriction on any Unix machine that does not handle virtual file systems. I believe the Encore Multimax was cited, but you can also add Pyramid to this list. Experience with various customers has shown that striped disk can be a real advantage should you do any heavy disk I/O, typically in long-running batch runs such as end of month routines. Robyn Grunberg rag@yarra.oz.au #include