[Info-vax] VMS x86 performance ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/1/2020 4:59 PM, clair.grant at vmssoftware.com wrote:
> On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 11:11:33 PM UTC-4, Michael Moroney wrote:
>> "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>>> On 10/30/20 3:43 PM, IanD wrote:
>>>> The fact that it boots wickedly fast is also an indication is it
>>>> not?
>>> It's good news, but it may not mean what you think it means.  I believe
>>> they have done a lot of work on the boot path, so it's not necessarily
>>> the same code that is running on other architectures.
>>
>> One big reason for the fast boot is the memory disk used, so that (other) boot drivers
>> won't be needed.  Load a chunk of memory once very early and run the rest of the early
>> boot stuff from it.
> 
> We understand the importance of performance comparisons but such
> testing is not even on our radar yet. We have many, many more
> important things to do in the next few months. As has been stated
> previously, it would be a complete waste of time anyway until we can
> turn on optimizing in the compilers.
> 
> The plan has always been - keep adding more functions as we progress
> through our V9.0 EAKs and eventually we will have V9.1, the complete
> operating environment for an expanded Field Test. Moving from 9.1 to
> 9.2 will be mostly performance and stability work. We now have 31
> external users with access to the CrossTools Kit and the appliances
> with V9.0-A, B, C, D, E, so we are making good progress.
> 
> We had some nice breakthroughs in E. My KVM guest has now been up for
> 31 days running a series of tests, usually 60 jobs on a single CPU.
> Another more recent change regarding SMP now allows large batteries
> of tests to run in 2P and 4P without issues. Coming in F will be full
> SMP support, clustering and MSCP serving as well as other additions.

"Make It Work, Make It Right, Make It Fast"

:-)

Arne