Re: a comparison of different databases

Steve A wrote:
>
> Phil Edwards <news-uk_at_dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >Or you could get an AS/400 (built-in database, runs Netware, runs Notes).
> >But I guess I would say that.
> >--
> >Phil Edwards phil_at_news400.com
> >Editor, NEWS/400.UK +44 (0)161 929 0777
>
> And I have a nasty feeling it's going to be well out of his budget,
> even so...
>

Actually you can get an entry level AS/400 with 16 megs for ~$7-8k. We're paying ~14-15k for our HP servers with 64+megs. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that $14k worth of AS/400 will smoke NT on these HP p100 boxes. And they'll scale a tad better too.

Mike

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  Received on Mon Jul 15 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST