Re: NT vs. Unix????

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
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> In article <01bd00f7$fc909da0$22601b26_at_sfinance3>,
> S V <sv1_at_mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >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..
>
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        No, its a trouble ticketing system. True, its not OLTP, the client apps allow new tickets to be filled out, some queries on existing troubles, nothing super fancy, but it works on a reasonably sized system AND THAT'S THE POINT...... Received on Mon Dec 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CST