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Article #12730Re: Speed is the one true performance metric
From: wb8foz
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 21:35
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 21:35
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> Article <297@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> From: weemba@brahms (Matthew P Wiener)
| In article <1913@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
......discussion about how long Crays are down.....
The only one I was able to observe was repaired quickly.
BUT
There were 4 or 5 people assigned to it by Cray.
Said support cost over $500k/year, and that figure is
several years old.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cwruecmp!hal!ncoast!wb8foz From: wb8foz@ncoast.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Speed is the one true performance metric Message-ID: <1709@ncoast.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 16:35:49 EST Article-I.D.: ncoast.1709 Posted: Tue Nov 18 16:35:49 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Nov-86 09:06:02 EST References: <1903@mmintl.UUCP> <12142@watnot.UUCP> <107@pembina.alberta.UUCP> <1913@mmintl.UUCP> <297@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: wb8foz@ncoast.UUCP (David Lesher) Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH Lines: 20 Keywords: Cray, maint, downtime