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Subject: Re: CONVEX for ab initio calculations
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> 
>    Dear Netters !
> 
>   CONVEX computers are wide used for computational chemistry.
> 
> May somebody estimate the reliability of CONVEX C120 or CONVEX C3xxx
> for a case of large e scale non-empirical calculations (for example,G92
> 24h per day :-) ) :
> 
> -  how many years will succesfully work magnetic disks

 Roughly 10-12 years (type DKD 504 or DKD 502)))

> -  how long is mean time between computer failures
>    etc.

  Average is 5600 hours (machine: Convex C3860)


 Julie Altmann
 University of London Computer Centre
 London, England 
 J.Altmann@ulcc.ac.uk