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> But benchmarks make me think of something: does anyone have any idea how > iSeries, linux, and *BSD stack up when run on similarly priced hardware? > My boss is getting a new iSeries for about $20,000 (not including > software). If I bought a linux/*bsd capable machine for $20,000 how would > they compare? Can you find one that expensive? I don't know if BSD supports multiple processors. You should be able to easily get 4 processors, 4GB of RAM, at least 320GB of raid disk, and lunch for four people for $20K. With maybe enough left over for a good -well maybe a bad- used car. BSD would kick the stuffing out of the AS/400, particularly if they weren't running tiger on OS/400. Of course, to make the comparison fair, you should use IO processors such as digiboards or termservers for the PC. I should think you could run a minimum of 128 terminals on term servers at acceptable speed. Maybe double or quadruple that. Of course, I don't know what you would find for software. I just talked to my hardware supplier, he said with the proper match of bus, controller, and drive, he was writing a terabyte a minute (actually he said 2.3 but no one will believe that) on a PC hard drive. If DB2 runs on BSD, if it runs slower than on the 400, it's because it was designed not embarass IBM. -- Brad Jensen brad@elstore.com President Electronic Storage Corporation Tulsa OK USA 918-664-7276 LaserVault Report Retrieval & Data Mining www.Laservault.com www.eufrates.com - Add distance learning to your site with easy course preparation
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