RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The point I'm making is that I personally would never configure a
> machine with two arms to sell to a customer that I'd have to support
in
> the future.  It just doesn't have the performance.

When our sales has the choice between selling no machine and a 2 arm
machine, he will sell the 2 arm machine.

And it's an official IBM offer, so it can't be that wrong. Of course
it's always nicer to have more disks in a system, but the customers
can't/won't pay for it.

> Put two more arms in your System i and I **GUARANTEE** you you'll have
> markedly better performance.  Don't hit me with a 4-arm Windows box
> against a 2-arm System i. 

I've setup a few 4x36GB systems, with mirrored protections. I didn't
notice a speed difference two the 2x36GB Systems. I didn't do any
benchmarks though, so the difference could be just smaller than
"noticeable".

And if by 4 arm you mean 8x36GB when using mirrored protection, the
price point is just even MORE ridiculous. Who will sell upwards to 30k
on a single machine just to get decent performance?