Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!greg
From: greg@xios.XIOS.UUCP (Greg Franks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Vax 11/780 performance vs Sun 4/280 performance
Message-ID: <530@xios.XIOS.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 88 15:28:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: xios.530
References: <14968@brl-adm.ARPA> <602@modular.UUCP>
Reply-To: greg@sdn.UUCP (Greg Franks)
Organization: XIOS Systems Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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>I also tried forking 32 `for(;;) ;' loops on a 3/60 with 8-mb.
>Each process got about 3 percent of the CPU and the reponse was
>still quote good for interactive work.  This stuff about a `knee'
>at 7 processes just isn't real...

However, the 32 processes do nothing but chew up CPU cycles.  Add some
disk I/O, other random interrupts, and a desire for memory to your test. 

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