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From: throopw@dg_rtp.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
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Subject: Re: Unix on top of/in parallel with other operating systems
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 23:56:28 EST
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> In terms of performance, DG/UX seems faster for normal job mixes, though I
> suspect that AOS/VS wins in cases like large fortranish finite element
> cases, because you have more tuning capability.

> Huh?  For CPU-bound jobs, the only difference should be in OS overhead.

I expect that Mike was thinking of "large finite element cases" as being
page fault bound, not CPU bound.  Otherwise, Guy is quite correct... CPU
bound benchmarks execute identically (more or less) on MV/UX (hosted)
and DG/UX (native).
-- 
Wayne Throop at Data General, RTP, NC
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