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From: ted@nieland.DAYTON.OH.US (Ted Nieland)
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Subject: VAX/L&T SIG Tape Reviews: VAX90B - SPI
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Date: 20 Apr 91 00:29:27 GMT
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Tape:		VAX90B
Section:	[.SPI]
Reviewer: 	Dr. E. Loren Buhle, Jr.


Installation: 3
Documentation: 1 - very sparse
Intended Audience: System admin.
Ease of Use: 4
Usefulness: 3
Sources Included: yes
Source Languages: C
Objects Supplied: yes

The is a System Performance Indicator, showing the performance in a DECwindows
window. While the 00README.TXT file is in GERMAN, a translation provided by
John Covert follows:

- Programm SPI (System Performance Information) ( DECwindows )
- Runs without privileges.
- Live representation of processor modes and cpu loading.
- Important performance numbers with rates of change.
- Update Interval can be changed.
- Reset of accumulated data is possible.
- Watches its own pagefault rate and adjusts the working set; require only
  about 200 pages in steady state.
- Developed and tested under V5.3-1
- Should also run on multiprocessor systems (not tested).