Re: IBM Unleashes World's Most Powerful Server

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

that number must be a misprint.  there's no way it could cost that
much per transaction.

It must be that much per million transactions.

On 7/25/06, Darrell A Martin <DMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I don't care what organization you are talking about, the following math
> would be a bank-buster:
>
> "The p5-595 offered 38% better price performance
> than the HP machine -- $2.98 per transaction versus
> $4.82 per transaction."
>
> At "4,016,222 transactions per minute" the p5-595 would cost over $718
> million per *hour* to operate.
>
> Darrell
>
> Darrell A. Martin  -  754-2187
> Manager, Computer Operations
> dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060725/0147104.html
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Scott Ingvaldson
> > iSeries System Administrator
> > GuideOne Insurance Group
>
>
>
>
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