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From: thompson@src.honeywell.com (Todd Thompson)
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Subject: server configuration
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 7 Oct 90 21:30:00 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 329, message 20

I would like to ask two questions:

1) I am purchasing 10 IPCs with 24MB RAM and 200 MB internal HD and 5 SLCs
with 16 MB RAM and no disk.  The development is expected to be both Lisp
and Ada.  I am currently thinking a 4/330 will handle the load.  Comments?

2) For the disks on the server, I was originally thinking of 8" SMD
drives.  The distributer is pushing 5 1/4" SCSI.  The SCSI is relatively
close in performance (SCSI access= 24.8MS transfer=2.85MB/s; SMD access =
20.3MS transfer=3MB/s).  Anyone using SCSI satisfactorily?

Thanks
Todd Thompson