Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: X11 display server for HP9000 SRX ?? Keywords: x11,srx,hp9000 Message-ID: Date: 26 Apr 91 05:58:36 GMT References: <1991Apr25.140138.3716@rathe.cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 25 ian@rathe.cs.umn.edu (Ian Hogg) writes: >sysrick@cfht.hawaii.edu (Rick McGonegal) writes: > > System A: System B: > > code executes on: HP9000/835 32 Mb RAM same > > display server HP9000/825 16 Mb RAM, SRX HP9000/340 8 Mb RAM > > form "popup" time 15 seconds 5 seconds > > > > This would seem to indicate a factor of three performance penalty in using > > an 800 with SRX over a vanilla 340 ?? [the code reads a lot of files each > > time which explains the 4-5 seconds] > Not necessarily. Since you are using remote displays you have to account for > possible delays in the networking. Also, how many users/processes are > running on the 825? It is a multi-user or some kind of server machine? All machines are within a single, dedicated subnet. For all machines, the only user logged in is the one doing the benchmarks. Both the 825 and 340 should have roughly the same number and kind of processes executing. The 835 should be in a virtually identical state regardless of where the X display is. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.