| Title: | DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT. |
| Notice: | Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187 |
| Moderator: | TAEC::BEROUD |
| Created: | Mon Aug 21 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6497 |
| Total number of notes: | 27359 |
I have a Digital guy out in Canada with a customer running DECmcc
V1.2 on a Vaxstation 3100 model 76 w/SPX. MCC performance is very
poor. They have 32 MB of memory, which I believe is the maximum for
that cpu. I looked at the SPD and it states that the above model is
supported. However, the recommended configartion is a Vaxstation
4000 VLC with 24 MB of memory and an RZ25 disk.
It looks to me that the SPD is not telling the whole story or the
customer has hit a limitation with his cpu that can't be remedied
without getting a better cpu and more memory..
Any thoughts out there on what needs to be done?
Thanks,
RO
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4267.1 | Minimum != recommended | TOOK::MINTZ | Erik Mintz | Wed Dec 16 1992 23:48 | 16 |
There were lengthy arguments as to what exactly the "minimum" configuration represented in the SPD should represent. What went out in the V1.2 SPD was literally a minimum. That is, if you have a smaller system, don't expect the system to work at all. However, if you select the minimum system, you get minimum performance and capacity. On any more than a tiny network, a larger machine is appropriate. The V1.3 SPD will require a larger minimum system, and will have an explicit warning against recommending bounded memory systems (at least last time I saw a draft). What kind of a load is this particular customer trying to run (ie number of alarm rules, exports, etc)? Has mcc_audit.com been run on the system (perhaps it is out of tune)? Are any other large products running on the system (eg DNS server)? | |||||