RE: Informix Throughput

Posted in 2004

Bill Dare — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:06:29 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C41101.90ED8060 Content-Type: text/plain 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Watson [SMTP:paul@oninit.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:35 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Informix Throughput > > Captain Pedantic wrote: > > > > "howie" <howie_lfc@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:f69783ad.0403230045.340ceaf0@posting.google.com... > > > IDS9.21.FC4 > > > HPUX11.0 > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > We have an N4000 with 8 x 440MHz cpu's. How many 800Mhz cpu's would we > > > need in a RP4440 to achieve the same level of throughput. Assuming > > > same memory etc. Would we need the full 8 or would somewhere between 4 > > > and 8 suffice. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Howard > > > > 7.1642577299940029156447 > > I make it 4.4 CPUs > > -- > Paul Watson # > Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory > Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional > Fax: +44 1436 678693 # > Mob: +44 7818 003457 # > www.oninit.com # ------_=_NextPart_001_01C41101.90ED8060 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: Informix Throughput</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> 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 <UL> -----Original Message----- From:   Paul Watson [SMTP:paul@oninit.com] Sent:   Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:35 AM To:     informix-list@iiug.org Subject:       = Re: Informix Throughput Captain Pedantic wrote: > > "howie" = <howie_lfc@hotmail.com> wrote in message > <A = HREF=3D"news:f69783ad.0403230045.340ceaf0@posting.google.com" = TARGET=3D"_blank">news:f69783ad.0403230045.340ceaf0@posting.google.com</= A>... > > IDS9.21.FC4 > > HPUX11.0 > > > > Hello All, > > > > We have an N4000 with 8 x = 440MHz cpu's. How many 800Mhz cpu's would we > > need in a RP4440 to achieve = the same level of throughput. Assuming > > same memory etc. Would we = need the full 8 or would somewhere between 4 > > and 8 suffice. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Howard > > 7.1642577299940029156447 I make it 4.4 CPUs -- Paul = Watson           =   #          Oninit = Ltd           &nb= sp;  # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 = 672201    # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 = 678693    # Mob: +44 7818 = 003457    # www.oninit.com       &= nbsp;  # </UL> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C41101.90ED8060-- sending to informix-list