RE: Informix Throughput

Posted in 2004

Phillips, Rob — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:25:19 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C41104.3241DE3F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I thought CPUs were added in base 2. Ex: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64... ________________________________ From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Dare Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:06 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Informix Throughput It's been my experience that application throughput does not increase linearly with respect to CPU speed. I'd go with 5 whole CPUs. Bill=20 -----Original Message-----=20 From: Paul Watson [SMTP:paul@oninit.com]=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:35 AM=20 To: informix-list@iiug.org=20 Subject: Re: Informix Throughput=20 Captain Pedantic wrote:=20 >=20 > "howie" <howie_lfc@hotmail.com> wrote in message=20 > news:f69783ad.0403230045.340ceaf0@posting.google.com...=20 > > IDS9.21.FC4=20 > > HPUX11.0=20 > >=20 > > Hello All,=20 > >=20 > > We have an N4000 with 8 x 440MHz cpu's. How many 800Mhz cpu's would we=20 > > need in a RP4440 to achieve the same level of throughput. Assuming=20 > > same memory etc. Would we need the full 8 or would somewhere between 4=20 > > and 8 suffice.=20 > >=20 > > Thanks in advance,=20 > >=20 > > Howard=20 >=20 > 7.1642577299940029156447=20 I make it 4.4 CPUs=20 --=20 Paul Watson # =20 Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory=20 Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional=20 Fax: +44 1436 678693 #=20 Mob: +44 7818 003457 #=20 www.oninit.com #=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C41104.3241DE3F Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: Informix Throughput</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN=20 class=3D103482418-23032004>I thought CPUs were added in base=20 2.</DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN=20 class=3D103482418-23032004>Ex: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, = 64...</DIV> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft> <HR tabIndex=3D-1> From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org=20 [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Bill=20 Dare Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:06 PM To:=20 informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Informix=20 Throughput </DIV> <DIV></DIV> It's been my experience = that=20 application throughput does not increase linearly with respect to CPU=20 speed.  I'd go with 5 whole CPUs. Bill <UL> -----Original Message----- = <FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D1>From:   Paul=20 Watson [SMTP:paul@oninit.com] Sent:   Tuesday, March 23,=20 2004 4:35 AM To:     informix-list@iiug.org Subject:        = <FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D1>Re: Informix Throughput Captain Pedantic wrote: = > > "howie"=20 <howie_lfc@hotmail.com> wrote in message > <A = href=3D"news:f69783ad.0403230045.340ceaf0@posting.google.com"=20 = target=3D_blank>news:f69783ad.0403230045.340ceaf0@posting.google.com</A>.= ..=20 > > IDS9.21.FC4 > > HPUX11.0 > >=20 > > Hello All, > > > > We = have an N4000=20 with 8 x 440MHz cpu's. How many 800Mhz cpu's would we > > need in a RP4440 to achieve the same = level of=20 throughput. Assuming > > = same memory=20 etc. Would we need the full 8 or would somewhere between 4 = <FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>> > and 8 suffice. > > > > = Thanks in=20 advance, > > = <FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>> > Howard >=20 > = 7.1642577299940029156447 I make it 4.4 CPUs -- Paul=20 = Watson           &= nbsp;=20 #          = <FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Oninit=20 = Ltd           &nbs= p; =20 # Growing old is mandatory Tel: = +44 1436=20 672201    # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693    # Mob: +44 7818 003457    # www.oninit.com        &n= bsp;=20 # </UL></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C41104.3241DE3F-- sending to informix-list