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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ancient OS history, ARM is sort of channeling the IBM 360
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:27:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:46:11 -1000, Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> trivia: I was pontificating in the 70s about mismatch between increase
> in system throughput (memory & CPU) and increase in disk throughput. In
> early 80s wrote a tome that the relative system throughput of disk had
> declined by an order of magnitude since 360 was announced in the 60s
> (systems increase 40-50 times, disks increased 3-5 times).

How much of theoretical disk bandwidth was the filesystem capable of 
using? Because I know early Unix systems were pretty terrible in that 
regard, until Berkeley’s “Fast File System” came along.