Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvlx!bcripe From: bcripe@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Brian E. Cripe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Diskless HP400 is slooooooow Message-ID: <101950221@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com> Date: 31 May 91 19:51:59 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 16 > We have a pair of HP/Apollo 9000/400's with 8MB memory and color > screens running under OS version 7.0. One of the machines is > diskless, and unbelievably slow. I'm talking 90 seconds for hp-vue to > come up after login. > ... > The sales-critter insisted that 8MB is plenty for a diskless node, I > questioned that first. 8 Mbyte is adequate for some diskless node configurations, but it is not adequate to support HP VUE. I believe we don't recommend VUE on systems with less than 12 Mbyte of RAM. Brian Cripe P.S. Standard disclaimer -- this is my personal understanding, not a pronouncement by HP.