[Info-vax] Hobbyist DS10/DS15 fastest storage option

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <pm6l6f$71i$2 at gioia.aioe.org>,
helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
writes: 

> In article <pm6l14$eeb$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
> 
> > One of my systems is a VAXstation 4000 Model 90A, which has 2 disks, one 
> > or two GB RZ26 / RZ28 disks.  Never had a problem with performance. 
> > Yeah, all I do is software development, which is mostly using EDT, and 
> > the compiler and linker.
> > 
> > What do you plan at home that requires that much storage, and faster 
> > performance?
> 
> I had 2 VAXes in the cluster at home, including a 4000/90A, for 11
> years.  Really nice, easy to work on, quiet, use little power.  I am now
> Alpha-only.  Why?  Main reasons: advanced shadowing features, faster
> ethernet, more modern TCPIP, faster SCSI.  If you aren't using
> shadowing, you probably don't need faster ethernet nor faster SCSI (nor,
> of course, more-advanced shadowing features); if you aren't connecting
> to the outside world, you probably don't need more modern TCPIP. 

Of course, the main reason I had an ALPHA (along with the VAXes) in the 
cluster in the first place was a) because it had more-modern Fortran and 
b) sometimes (for Fortran stuff) I need more memory and more CPU.  While 
the 4000/90A is a really nice machine and, for a VAX, fast, a 21264/EV6 
with 2 GB memory makes a big difference.