Re: Trying to compare E450 to Intel Server

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 02:56:57 GMT
Message-ID: <Zngoc.66312$0H2.1508@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>

CJT wrote:

> Mark Bole wrote:
>

>> G Dahler wrote:
>>
>>> "Andrew Hardy" <junkmail@[127.0.0.1]> a écrit dans le message de
>>> news:c7nm36$5qe$1_at_sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk...

[...]

>> We have done several tests of both batch and transactional processing 
>> and found that a shiny new Intel/Linux box vastly out-performs the 
>> five-year-old Sun/Solaris hardware we use.  Vendor support is a 
>> different and less positive story, however...
>>
>> --Mark Bole
>>
>>

>
> I bet a shiny new Sun would outperform a five year old Sun, too.
>
>

I agree, but probably won't have the chance to find out hands-on...

I have had to listen to a development manager claim, in all sincerity:

"With [hardware platform X] we'll be able to write better SQL code, since we won't have to deal with performance tuning so much".

Sigh.

--Mark Bole Received on Tue May 11 2004 - 21:56:57 CDT