Re: SCO not recommended for high number of users.
Posted in 1996
jlumbley@netcom.com (Joe Lumbley) wrote: :Nils Myklebust (Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no) wrote: :: Imagine: 4 x Pentium Pro 200 MHz class processors or better, a :: gigabyte RAM or more, 4 x 4 Gb disks as a cluster node. Expandable up :: to perhaps 32 such nodes initially in an MPP configuration. Initially :: perhaps US$ 15.000 per node. Falling well below 10.000 per node :: reasonably soon. Including paraphernalia (Ethernet, boxes, cables +++) :: and full service and support available (from HP or others). :Yes, it's called a Stratus RADIO. This looks good, very good. There is a small problem with a starting price of $66.000 although that is a six node syste,. I forsee others with a starting price of less than $10.000 with one node and having the same scalability. Soon every PC server will have this option. Also the same thing from Compaq or HP might be easier to sell to make this a real volume thing. Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company