Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aix:639 comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt:1437 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!fed!mfsws6!m1phm02 From: m1phm02@mfsws6.fed.frb.gov (Patrick H. McAllister) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Risc System/6000 Message-ID: Date: 23 Feb 90 15:30:59 GMT References: <4115@ibmpa.UUCP> <10307@hoptoad.uucp> <1656@speedy.mcnc.org> <1393@ks.UUCP> Sender: news@fed.FRB.GOV Followup-To: comp.unix.aix Organization: Federal Reserve Board Lines: 9 In-reply-to: drake@sd2.almaden.ibm.com's message of 22 Feb 90 01:13:36 GMT A lot of discussion has been going on about the processor performance of these machines, but I would also be interested in knowing something about I/O performance. Does anybody out in netland have any information that can be posted about the disk options? What types of disk, what types of controllers? Access time, transfer rates (in theory and in practice)? I/O performance would be an important consideration around here. Pat Pat McAllister m1phm02@fed.frb.gov (UUCP: uunet!fed!m1edb00 ATT, etc.: (202) 452-2443 snail mail: Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC 20551)