[Virtualacorn-list] New Beta HostFS for VirtualRPC on Mac OS X

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

In message of 19 Feb, ATimbrell at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 19/02/2009 14:08:28 GMT Standard Time, tim at powys.org
> writes:
>
> >> >I have repeated the tests that I last did in  August of  last
> >> >year which measured some disc access speeds to >be well  below
> >> >that of an  Iyonix. The speeds are now anything from  twice to
> >> >ninety times those of an
> Iyonix:
> >> >(HFS stands for  Host Filing System)
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>  I never saw these orginal tests :-(
> >> Were they forwarded to  me?
>
> >Yes.  And Site Admin (you?) responded:
>
> >   "It's quite possible that you are accidentally ending up
> >   checking the speed of BASIC itself. Included with VRPC is the
> >   APDL Disc  Speed
> >  checking program - run this on both machines. Remember to  test
> >  from HostFS on the VRPC - ADFS will be much slower and is  there
> >  for compatability purposes with some applications (Sibelius,
> >  FontDirPro)"
>
> >This was on the Forum.
>
> Whoops :-) So I did - however my comments would still seem to be
> correct - any test ends up giving results based on the slowest
> component, in the case above BASIC.

Interestingly the same test now shows vastly improved results so I cannot be convinced that BASIC was the cause of the previous poor performance on the VARPC.

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Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim at powys.org
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