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Yes, I have done several upgrades to the new series and they are all wonderful.
270 -> 810 3x improvement
270 -> 825 partition (sized same CPW) 2x improvement

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Doug Hart



midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> For those sitting on the fence about a system upgrade, GO FOR IT!
> 
> We completed our conversion from a pair of model 640s to a pair of
> 825s the weekend after Thanksgiving.  Conversion was reasonably
> straight forward (although we wrote our own book).
> 
> The speed of the 6-year newer machines and disks is -very-
> impressive-- one job that used to take 20-24 hours to run ran in
> 3-1/2 hours!  WHOOO-HOOOO!!
> 
> Users are complaining they can no longer submit a job and then go for
> coffee-- their jobs are finished before they can roll back their
> chairs!   (:
> 
> I'm afraid users will be submitting jobs more than once--  "It
> -always- takes 30 minutes to run.  It finished too soon.  Something
> must be wrong!"
> 
> Our next project (after the old machines are rolled out of the room)
> will be the cable removal party under the floor-- all those twinax,
> v.35, rs232, and other cables.  Maybe I can find the screwdriver
> blade I lost 6 or 7 years ago.  (:  If you have any need for v.35 or
> rs232 cables, let me know!
> 
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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