outperform it in every workload.
I don't have numbers to support any of my theories, but I would be surprised
if your laptop could out perform in every workload. Not saying it isn't
possible, because I don't know - just that I would be surprised.
You have to remember all the different things your laptop would need to be
doing:
- Running a DB
- Running an HTTP server
- Running an app server under the HTTP server
- Allowing multiple admins on the box to be doing various things
- Allowing multiple developers on the box to be compiling and implementing
new programming changes.
- Act as a file server
- Have users running queries, and have the ability to gate them so they
don't over take the system.
- Have business partners making web service requests to your machine.
- Do you have a failover NIC on your laptop?
- What if a HD fails in your laptop?
The last two questions could be added to, but it is basically saying you
would quickly need *some* type of server and that a laptop only goes so far.
I am sure there are more I could dive into. I just don't think you are
taking in the whole picture when you make claims like that. There is more
to it than having a brand new laptop with the latest Intel processor that
you can run JMeter against to get a couple hundred requests through a second
(I say JMeter because I am using that this morning to stress test a web
service for a customer).
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 15:08, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I would be curious to know how many users could be supported on a new
520.
For what workload and at what configuration?
If you take the entry-level model with two mirrored 147GB disks, a
single CPU core and 1GB of RAM, my laptop with an SSD, a dualcore CPU
and 8GB of RAM will easily outperform it in every workload.
midrange.com
