Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!MSU!RWWMAINT From: RWWMAINT@MSU.BITNET (Rich Wiggins) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.vmxa-l Subject: Re: R2.1 Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 16:10:12 GMT Sender: VM/XA Discussion List Reply-To: VM/XA Discussion List Lines: 16 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 1 Feb 90 09:05:12 EST from >This is what prompted my original question of "is SFS on XA's CMS" -- the >use of SFS for MAINT's purposes seemed to forshadow a trend, here. The most serious complaint about SES is how slow it is. As a result, people hate to have to restart long SES sessions. Time after time I've heard speakers say "So, if you have to restart SES because, say, a minidisk has filled up...." It's probably the most common culprit. So, indirectly, the old problem of having to overallocate minidisks -- wasting a lot of space in little segments instead of pooling your unused disk as a single common resource -- becomes important for SES. For that reason, use of SFS for Maint's purposes could be a big step forward. /Rich Wiggins Michigan State U