13 Jun
2006
13 Jun
'06
5:54 a.m.
I might have the opporitunity to get a DEC 3000-300X machine for VMS (175 MHz 21064)
I know that 21(1,2,3)64 machines offer substantially improved performance, but for the
moment they are out of reach.
The question- I'm running VMS currently on a VX42 (233MHz 21066A, 512k cache, 88MB
RAM) Multia, and it is quite slow
(user response time with AXP-VMS v7.3-1)
SPEC-92 indicates that the DEC 3300X will be slower (84/100 for the 300X, 97/112 for (a
generic) 21066A/233)
Likely, however, the 300X would have better I/O subsystems. Would it be worth messing
with, or should I not bother (as far as
useablility, not number-crunching prowess)?