Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!ucla-ma!joshua!barry From: barry@joshua.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Memory Message-ID: <1991Jun15.193723.14916@math.ucla.edu> Date: 15 Jun 91 19:37:23 GMT References: <1991Jun14.125927.18256@neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@math.ucla.edu Reply-To: barry@math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) Organization: UCLA Dept. of Math, UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research Lines: 83 In article scott@mcs-server.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: > >I'll give a short list of some launch times for a couple apps on the >NeXT. These are not hard& fast measurements. It's a relatively >unloaded system, and I'm basically estimating the times. The hardware >is a stock NextStation400/16, with nothing else (except the modem I'm >talking to you through): I'll throw in some comparison times from my home machine, which is a NeXT Cube, *030*, 8MB RAM, 330MB Maxtor HD (68MB free) (timed using the Preferences clock with seconds showing) >Edit: 1.5s 22s >IB: 3s 22s >Librarian: 4s 24s >Mail: <3s 19s >Preferences: 5s 25s >Preview: <2s 12s >WriteNow: 3s 16s >Stuart: 3s 18s >Improv 4s 25s >Diagram: 5s 59s >Mathematica -- 22s There's a whole lotta swapping going on when I do these things, too. When I add 4MB RAM shortly, I expect it to make a big improvement. Her's a snapshot of my ambient processes for the above experiments: (If you have any tips to speed things up, let me know!) feynman>ps -augx USER %CPU %MEM VSIZE RSIZE TT STAT TIME COMMAND root 121 27.9 2.0 1.24M 160K a R 166h h- std.9600 ttya (getty) me 878 14.3 33.4 7.43M 2.67M ? S 374:03 - console (WindowServer) root 5854 12.8 6.5 1.60M 536 2 R 0:00 ps -augx root 5792 12.6 14.0 3.52M 1.12M ? S 1:50 /NextApps/Terminal -MachLau me 5845 2.8 4.7 1.34M 384K p2 S 0:01 - (csh) root 2 0.0 1.8 1.27M 144K co S 0:40 /etc/mach_init -xx root 3 0.0 0.0 2.39M 0K ? S 0:02 /usr/etc/kern_loader -n root 52 0.0 1.2 1.24M 96K ? SW 0:07 /usr/etc/syslogd root 57 0.0 2.1 4.37M 168K ? S N 0:49 /usr/etc/nmserver root 61 0.0 0.7 1.23M 56K ? SW 0:08 /usr/etc/portmap root 64 0.0 0.7 1.25M 56K ? SW 0:09 /usr/etc/nibindd root -1 0.0 0.0 0K 0K ? S 0:00 root 68 0.0 1.2 1.33M 96K ? SW 5:34 /usr/etc/lookupd root 77 0.0 0.0 1.24M 0K ? SW 0:00 /usr/etc/inetd root -1 0.0 0.0 0K 0K ? SW S 0:00 root 8i8 0.0 0.4 1.29M 32K ? SW 0:05 /usr/lib/lpd root 93 0.0 2.1 1.70M 7 6K ? SW 1:14 /usr/etc/pbs root 1 0.0 0.2 1.31M 16K ? SW 0:01 /usr/etc/init -xx root -1 0.0 0.0 0K 0K ? ?W< 0:00 root -1 0.0 0.0 0 K 0K ? S 1:14 root 112 0.0 0.8 1.31M 64K ? SW 1:10 update root 115 0.0 1.5 1.31M 120K ? SW 0:50 cron root 65 0.0 1.0 1.29M 80K ? SW 4:13 /usr/etc/netinfod local root 83 0.0 0.8 1.34M 64K ? SW 0:08 /usr/libsiendmail -bd -q1h root 7K9 0.0 0.4 2.79M 32K ? SW 0:14 - console (loginwindow) root -1 0.0 0.0 0K 0K ? S 0:39 me 4171 0.0 8.1 6.16M 664K ? S 8:12 /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace me 4172 0.0 0.0 1.25M 0K p0 SW 0:00 Console Daemon me 5436 0.0 3.1 3.66M 256K ? SW 0:04 /NextApps/Webster -MachLaun root 95 0.0 0.4 1.34M 32K ? S N 0:03 /usr/etc/autodiskmount me 5793 0.0 1.3 1.34M 104K p1 SW 0:01 - (csh) me 5803 0.0 0.9 824K 72K p1 SW 0:03 kermit me 5804 0.0 0.9 824K 72K p1 SW 1:06 kermit root 582 e 0.0 . 9 3.52M 480K ? S 0:06 /NextApps/Preferences -Mach root 98 0.0 1.9 3.97M 152K ? S 5:38 /usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd root 0 0.0 20.0 14.2M 1.60M ? R 238r8 (kernel idle) Barry Merriman UCLA Dept. of Math UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet) barry@arnold.math.ucla.edu (NeXTMail)