Re: Appliance benchmark?

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From: Vivek Sadananda Pai
Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00

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In article <3ps8h3$88l@lsi.lsil.com>, gjb@lsil.com (gary bridgewater) writes:
|> In article <3pqu2u$o5s@supernova.netapp.com> hitz@netapp.com (Dave Hitz) writes:
|> >My toaster can toast 2 slices of bread in 42 seconds.  My neighbor has
|> >one that can toast 4 slices of bread at once but it takes 67 seconds.
|> >
|> >Response time or throughput?  The eternal dilemma.
|> 
|> Buy a second 2-slice toaster.
|> 
|> Time versus money?  The eternal conundrum.

Sorry, but I can't resist:

Squish your 4 slices so they take the space of 2, then
toast them in your fast 2-slice toaster.
Compression's been around for a long time.

Size vs speed? The eternal doughnut.

-Vivek

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From: vivek@cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai)
Subject: Re: Appliance benchmark?
Date: 1995/05/23
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