Thus it was written in the epistle of Taale Liereng,
>
> One big batchjob that run every night (no other jobs running at same time):
>
> 2 last before upgrade :  elapsed min 489, CPUsec 12.777 & 490/12.875
>
> 4 nights after upgrade : elapsed min 541,530,528,531
>                          CPUsec  13761,13799,13786,13896
>
> Average + 40 mins, + 1000 cpu secs,   increased by 8%.

My understanding is that 8% is to be reasonably expected in the move from 5.5
to 6.5 on the small-end machines, primarily due to the extra code needed to
handle large files.

HTH,
Ted
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