Re: iSeries V5R1 Benchmarks - Wow

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 12:01
Subject: RE: iSeries V5R1 Benchmarks - Wow


<SNIP>

> OTOH,  I do have a company in my town that has 200 - 300 NT (cheap)
> servers,  Now what admin cost do you think that is to keep those pie
plates
> on those sticks?   The admin and other costs are killing them.    Cheap
> solution though.
>

But John, the issue isn't whether a 24-way is cheaper to run than 300 NT
servers. It's that those types of comparisons and benchmarks are only
applicable to a tiny percentage of the marketplace.

In other words, what good is knowing that a 24-way iSeries is a great Java
box, when those of us on 170's, 270's etc., can't get the machine to perform
as well as one or two W2K servers? I'm not saying that the new performance
figures aren't impressive, simply that they're based on a system that few of
us have ever laid eyes upon.


John Taylor
Canada



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