Re: NT vs. Unix????

On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 18:28:06 GMT, Jim_kennedy_at_medicalogic.com (Jim Kennedy) wrote:

>On 1 Dec 1997 17:23:36 GMT, hboswell_at_lance.netdoor.com
>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

Where you using multi-threaded server. If not you could probably get a lot more clients withit.

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