Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!fub!heiko From: heiko@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Heiko Schlichting) Subject: Re: Can a large RS/6000 easily replace a Convex? References: Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 21:31:47 GMT Reply-To: admin@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de Organization: Free University of Berlin, Organic Chemistry Message-ID: Lines: 20 mccalpin@perelandra.cms.udel.edu (John D. McCalpin) writes: >>johan@dutnak2.tudelft.nl (Johan Haas) said: >> We are considering to replace our current Convex C1 with a mix >> of RS/6000 systems instead of upgrading to a Convex C2. > >This is a good idea. I'm not sure about this. I still miss a good batch queueing system on RS/6000 - one of the famous things on a Convex. And in case of low swap space AIX kills the process which had allocated most memory. So everybody can kill large batch processes from other users which are running since a long time. Not a very good 'feature' of AIX. Bye, Heiko. -- |~| Heiko Schlichting | Freie Universitaet Berlin / \ heiko@fub.uucp | Institut fuer Organische Chemie /FUB\ heiko@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de | Takustrasse 3 `---' phone +49 30 838-2677; fax ...-5163 | D-1000 Berlin 33 Germany