Re: More processors or more MHz?

From: cos@zax.whoville.leftbank.com (Ofer Inbar) Date: 27 Mar 1997 12:37:19 -0500 Message-ID: <5heb8f$ng2@zax.whoville.leftbank.com> satriguy@aol.com (SaTriGuy) writes: >Afraid that this is really an impossible question to answer. The're too >many variables based on requriements. Right, I realize that. I just don't have a firm handle on what the variables are, when it comes to how Informix handles its work. What should I be looking at... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- The real question is what is the nature of our application. Is it more oltp oriented or batch oriented? If there is a high probability of a lot of concurrant usage, then you need multiple processors. If the application is batch work, then a single higher speed processor might make more sense. As a very general rule, more processors make more sense than a single higher-speed processor. Madison Pruet