Re: Keep It Clean

In article <8cfsbt$oti$1@news.xmission.com>, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: mars1972@my-deja.com > > > >In article <8ccc53$bi5$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, > >I think that if performance is the issue, there are several things to > >consider. You can buy cheaper hardware for NT, and therefore spend the > >same amount of money for faster processors (for example). This is > >because on most UNIX OSs, a 300 MHz processor costs X dollars, while a > >500 MHz processor for NT costs the same X dollars. (these are just made > >up examples) > > But further, in theory a 300MHz RISC chip is nearly as fast/as fast/faster > than the 500MHz Intel. > > >Second, UNIX runs on a much faster kernel than NT, which offsets the > >cost somewhat. > > > >The cost of administrating NT is less, but the remote admin tools for > >UNIX offset this also, in my opinion. > > I beg to differ. I have never found NT more cost effective to administer. > :-) I should have been more specific. I was merely agreeing with someone else who posted a reply to this that said that NT administrators were cheaper than UNIX administrators. > >Lastly, while both OSs support multiple processors, there was a white > >paper published a while ago (sorry, I can't give you a link), that > >described the benefits of installing multiple processors on both OSs. > >On UNIX, they noticed an 80% increase in performance for adding a second > >processor and every processor after that, while on NT, they only got 50% > >for each. Therefore, the hardware may be cheaper, but you also get less > >benefit from it. > > There are no absolute rules, but the principle is valid. > > >One other thing, I really hate the fact that on NT, if you change > >something on the system (add a new NIC card, etc) I had to reinstall the > >latest service pack before I rebooted or the machine wouldn't come back > >up and the emergency disks did me absolutely no good. > > "You have moved your mouse. NT will now need to reboot to make your changes > permanent. Press OK to continue" ROFLOL > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.