[8384] in Hotline Meeting
not a problem report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (deckjf@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 31 11:29:55 1992
From: deckjf@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: hotline@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 92 11:29:42 EST
This is a question, not a problem report.
Today I logged into an RS6000 in Bldg. 4-035; usually when I use
Athena I am on a VS3100 in Bldg 3-462. I was _amazed_ at how
quickly the login goes... I mean it is about 15 seconds vs.
90 sec or 2 min. on the VS3100.
My question is, is this difference really due just to the
faster CPU (or disk?) in RS6000? Or is the network (or
servers) faster in Bldg 4? I wonder about this because it
seems that the Vax usually takes a long time even to do things
like attaching the home directory and querying the mail server,
but seems to me that those things should be less dependent on
the workstation you use. Therefore, how can they be so much
faster on RS6000?
Thanks if you can answer the question! My apologies if it is a
complex or lengthy matter to discuss!
-Joe Deck
