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From: gmk@ucsc.edu (Gottfried Mayer-Kress)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Performance Monitor
Keywords: NeXT performance
Message-ID: <16625@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 91 23:22:27 GMT
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I received many responses regarding my complaint about NeXTdimension
performance. I would be interested to figure out, what exactly I need to 
speed up the system for the tasks I am interested in, i.e. 
should I get more CPU memory or ND memory.

I have the Performance Monitor of R. Mongiovi, Version 1.0, 1989
and I thought I could use it to figure out what the load is.
But I guess I don't quite understand how to read it:
While I load a large GIF file, all other applications stop, literally.
Percent CPUTime User goes down! Number of Memory Pages doesn't change,
Disk Transfers go up, but we can hear that.
 Maybe someone could give me advice about how to use these tools and
tell me what I need to speed this up.

Gottfried Mayer-Kress