Re: DSA - Uniprocesor RISC / SMP PentPro

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Fri, 7 Mar 1997 23:28:48 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <331f2690.2873348@news.cesnet.cz>, Leos Urban <lur@aitix.anet.cz> writes > >Hello All, > >I have got a question. > >We plan to buy a new DB server for our company > >( 60 concurrently working users ). > >We choose between uniprocessor RISC and SMP Pentium Pro (2x or 4x). > >What is better way for using of OnLine Dynamic Server 7.x? > >Yours sincerely. > >Leos Urban > > Benchmark both depends upon (in no particular order, all are impro 1. The application. 2. Peak/Sustained volume of transaction/minute. 3. Amount of data accessed on a regular basis. 4. number/speed of disks. 5. amount of memory. 7. number/sppedd of cpus. 8. network performance (especially client/server apps). 6. OS & OS version You need to consider everything not just cpus. -- David Williams