From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 07:44:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada OS talk (was: Progress on AdaOS) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:52:42 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9n7v3d$nnj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9n2jcd$b50$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B94E65B.CDA2CAB7@lmtas.lmco.com> <9n3au2$lf2$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B9540ED.7EF3C7B5@lmtas.lmco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 999784365 24307 136.170.200.133 (6 Sep 2001 13:52:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Sep 2001 13:52:45 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12799 Date: 2001-09-06T13:52:45+00:00 List-Id: Could be. Like I said, it was just in VMS that I first saw it in a production setting. The concept has got to go back to the invention of the disk drive since it is basically just an optimization technique for picking the next track to read/write. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Gary Scott" wrote in message news:3B9540ED.7EF3C7B5@lmtas.lmco.com... > I thought VM and MVS had this long before DEC. > > Marin David Condic wrote: > > > > I don't know if DEC invented it or implemented it first or anything like > > that, but the first time I saw that was with VMS. They had "disk striping" > > which let you spread files or a database across several drives for faster