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On 9/11/2024 2:32 AM, Anton Ertl wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

snip

>> They were about high I/O
>> throughput for efficient batch operations.
> 
> Batch operations?  I wonder how much CPU time on mainframes in the
> 1990s and today is spent on that compared to interactive applications
> such as online transaction processing.

Perhaps it would have been better stated as being about balanced 
performance (CPU and I/O) for business applications, which at the time 
were primarily batch, but have migrated over time to transactions, but 
which still are more I/O bound than scientific workloads.



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