On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Ulrik Sandberg wrote:

> Estimate Time (hrs:min)    1:25
> Run Time (hrs:min)         4:02
> Dump Time (hrs:min)        3:07       2:38       0:30
> Tape Time (hrs:min)        0:43       0:42       0:02
>
> Does this mean:
>
> a) Total run time (estimate, dump and tape): 4:02
>
> b) Total run time (estimate, dump and tape): 5:27 (4:02 + 1:25)

Total run time is 4:02, as stated.  The numbers don't add up because
there is parallelism to be had from dumping simultaneous dumps to
holding disk, plus there can be another dump simultaneously being
spooled to from holding disk to tape.

-Mitch

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