G92 and NFS

From: Lyle Wiedeman <wiedeman %-% at %-% uci.edu>
Subject: G92 and NFS
Date: Fri, 07 May 93 07:53:26 -0700
 Gee, I certainly got all the discussion I could have wanted, and more!
 I've seen a range of opinions:
     * G92 wasn't meant to work through NFS
     * You'd be an idiot to use NFS; it's cheaper to go DIRECT
     * Some of us have no choice but to use NFS
     * G90 had bugs, but G92 is fixed
     * Convex G92 must be at fault, because the Sun works with the Indigo
 #3 is where we stand: we have G92 only one place on campus, a central
 time-sharing machine which is reasonably fast, had LOTS of core
 memory, and (for most applications) a large amount of disk space.
 Unfortunatly, with G92 creating files of 1GB and up, "lots" of disk
 space is never enough on a shared machine.  Worse, researchers here
 generally cannot afford to pay for 1GB of ongoing disk space on the
 central machine; it is MUCH more economical for them to get 1, 2, or
 more GB of cheap SCSI disk on their individual workstations, and
 access it through NFS.  I am still curious about the performance
 tradeoffs (DIRECT vs. NFS), so any reports will be appreciated.
 Also, I am sure I will hear from the Convex G92 porting team soon.
 Thanks, one and all, even those who called us stupid and insane :-)
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