Re: CONVEX for ab initio calculations

From: "John Waite, Tel 1-7238958, N.H.R.F., Vas. Konstantinou 48, Athens 116-35" <CHEM8-0at0-vax.york.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: CONVEX for ab initio calculations
Date: Fri, 6 May 94 13:15 BST

 >
 >    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-0at0-ulcc.ac.uk