Re: NT vs. Unix????

From: S V <sv1_at_mindspring.com>
Date: 1997/12/04
Message-ID: <01bd00f7$fc909da0$22601b26@sfinance3>#1/1

JohnC <x_at_x.com> wrote in article <666umb$2on_at_mtinsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
> Jim Kennedy wrote:
> >

> > We have an application and have benchmarked it against
> > Pentium Pro quad processor with 2 gigs of RAM and 12 disk
> > drives and found that 250 users is about the limit. That is
> > going to depend on how your application uses the database
> > and how efficient it is.(host variables, array interface,
> > reuse sql etc.) Did find that UNIX platforms get you more
> > potential head room. On Sun we were able to get more total
> > users and also on HPUX. In addition, you can realistically
> > scale better on UNIX than on NT.
> >
> > Jim Kennedy X7055
>
> Wow, NT is that bad. I can easily do 250 clients on a two processor
> E3000 with 512 MB RAM..

Q. What are those 250 clients doing?
A. Waiting for the command prompt..

Cordially,
Serge Received on Thu Dec 04 1997 - 00:00:00 CST