RE: IBM Unleashes World's Most Powerful Server

An additional interesting thought:

One of these 595:
http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=106072501
System Information
Total System Cost       11,967,178 US $  
TPC-C Throughput                4,016,222 
Price/Performance       2.98 US $  


Vs.

Sixty-one of these Dell Poweredge servers:
http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=106063001
System Information
Total System Cost       64,512 US $  
TPC-C Throughput                65,833 
Price/Performance       .98 US $  


In other words, what would the Price/Performance be of a cluster of the
lowest priced individual systems with the performance of the most
powerful single system.



Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

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Darrell,

The understood unit of measure is simply the acquisition cost /
transaction per minute.

System Information
Total System Cost     11,967,178 US $  
TPC-C Throughput              4,016,222 
Price/Performance     2.98 US $  

$11,967,178 / 4,016,222 = $2.98 

I suppose it would be possible for a benchmark to figure actual
operating costs per transaction.  But I doubt it would happen anytime
soon.  Imagine trying to standardize all the variables that go into
operating costs.  Although, it might be interesting to have a
pseudo-operating cost per transaction calculation that included
maintenance costs and electrical usage at full load.

HTH,


Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121