[Info-vax] Command to show process rms file opens?

Bob Gezelter gezelter at rlgsc.com
Fri Jul 31 14:21:28 EDT 2020


On Friday, July 31, 2020 at 10:10:51 AM UTC-4, David Hittner wrote:
> On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 9:03:03 AM UTC-4, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> 
> > Change the build NOT to create any compiler listings and linker 
> > maps. If that makes any appreciable difference, then it is clearly disk 
> > I/O that's the issue. If it is, consider setting the disk volume(s) 
> > to be /NOHIGHWATER, assuming that's a safe thing to do in your environment. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > -- Rob
> 
> I thought that I was not creating listing files and maps, but after a careful review, I found that I was still creating map files.
> I will fix DESCRIP.MMS to not create map files in the next few days and see how much that affects the build.
> 
> I set /NOHIGHWATER on the volume as suggested since I am the only user of the system. Build times changed as follows:
>  HIGHWATER:           2:21:00
>  NOHIGHWATER:      1:59:00 (-15%)
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion!
> David

David,

I concur. RAID-5 is probably not the best choice. Since one is running a build, all of the outputs are recreatable. 

Mirroring might be a performance assist. But not RAID-5.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com



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