Re: Server Sizing

Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.12.13.05.11.48.270998_at_adelphia.net>...
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:09:53 -0800, dias wrote:
>
> > Given a number of concurrent users on a db (using a pool of X
> > connections) and a number of transactions per seconde, is there a rule
> > to drive the number of CPUs and there speed needed ?
>
> Yes there is. The more, the merrier. Help the economy. SUN, IBM or HP
> will send you a card for Christmas. What you really need is a cluster
> of several HP 9000/Superdome servers, with 64 CPUs and 256GB RAM each
> clustered over EMC Symmetrix array connected to HP boxes using FC/AL
> adapters and with 64GB of write-back cache. Make sure you get the
> latest version of the hyperfabric to link the nodes together.
> Carly Fiorina will personally sign the Christmas card. If you don't
> shop, the terrorists will win.

don't you really mean ... a beowulf cluster of these?

what do you mean, slashdot isn't reality? :)

Pd Received on Sat Dec 13 2003 - 15:01:48 CST