In article <1995Oct7.050537@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Bob
Williams) asked:
> Why does the system slow down to such a crawl in the early morning/late
> night hours? There may only be 25-30 users on, but the speed is reminiscant
> of when there are 140+ people on. Is it because there are night-time
> scripts running, like the backup? Are there that many that is slows it down
> that much? BTW, I am talking about the Alpha here, not that crazy IBM....
 
I'll leave a more definitive answer to Kent Covert of MCIS Technical Support,
but yes, there are overnight jobs that run on MiaVX1, most notably the daily
update of the Miami University Directory (PHonebook) database.
 
> TIA.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
 
John
 
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