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From: MCGUIRE@GRIN1.BITNET ("The Sysco Kid ", McGuire,Ed)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Pagefault time
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Date: 3 Aug 88 19:10:04 GMT
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James,

I can't give you exact figures comparing soft and hard faults.  Perhaps this
will be sufficient.  Soft faults occur at memory speeds.  Hard faults occur
at disk speeds.  With high speed processors such as the 6000 and 8000 series,
the time for a hard fault is an eon compared to the time for a soft fault.
Always tune for fewer hard faults.

Ed