Re: V890 vs P550

Gustavo Tobares said: > Hi all, > > Im a informix user and my old equipment is too slow to support my > applications, now, I'm evaluating to purchase new equipment, and I have > two offers, one is from SUN (v890 with six processors USIV) and the other > is > a IBM p550 (with four processor power 5). > > I'm surprissed for the benchmark comparisson between V890 and p550 > (the > p550 seems to be more powerfull equipmen than V890), but I'm still have > some > doubts, some has make comparisson between UltraSparc IV and Power 5? And > between p550 or p520 or p570 of IBM and the V890 or E2900 from SUN? > > IBM say with the Power5 is most powerfull than the USIV and the > Benchmarks like SAP and other say the same but... > > Any comments or ideas will be very appreciated, thanks ! Right: your own benchmarks, and an independent benchmark both say the same thing, and you still don't believe them? What could we say that would change your mind? If it helps, I've been very impressed with the performance of IBM tin lately. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche When I was a kid, we walked 6 miles to school every day, sometimes in the rain or snow. Man, did we feel stupid when we found out there was a bus ... sending to informix-list