RE: AS/400 Trivia...

        >My understanding is that CPW is an AS/400 centric rating, and
covers no 
        >other platforms.

        >S/390s are typically rated in MIPS.

        >Cross platform comparisons are typically inaccurate, because "you
are 
        >comparing apples and oranges".

        >Al



True, but TPC-C is not. And IBM marketing would always tell you
CPW=TPC-C/10. I know it's not exactly true, but as the first level of
approximation...The problem is I have not got TPC-C figures for the 390s
either.
Yes, comparing MIPS to CPW is apples to oranges, but cross-platform
benchmarks do exist. As far as I understand CPW benchmark, there is nothing
in it that would be AS/400-specific. Except for the implementation, of
course.

Lo


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