Re: PVU - half a license?
LOL... A simple check on Sun Micro's website ... " Award winning 4 or 8 core UltraSPARC T1 "Niagara" processor, supporting 16 or 32 simultaneous threads " Or http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t2000/ Note the architecture around the cores will be different. (Meaning that not all cores are created equal.) This is even true when comparing AMD to Intel. Sun has made a concerted effort and has taken a "back to basics" approach in their business. But hey, what do I know? I cut my teeth on Sun 3/60's and 460 servers back in the day. ;-) -G > >I believe that is still true. One major difference between P5 and >the competition is the architecture of the CPU and the onboard >cache. IBM doubled the onboard cache when they added the second >processor. I don't believe they doubled it again when they went to >quads, but neither did the competition, so you still get more >processing power. > >On Feb 5, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Tool wrote: > > > I had heard that Sun's offering of its multi-core CPUs were several > > years > > behind the Power5. Is this still true today? > > > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > >> > >>> news:mailman.157.1170689123.10648.informix-list@iiug.org... > >>> > >>>> And now the 64K question... Suppose you have a new quad core cpu. > >>> And you > >>>> then "affine" 2 to be used for Informix. If IBM does let you pay > >>>> the > >>> lower > >>>> license, what happens if you decide to "affine" all cores later? > >>>> > >>>> I mean from IBM's perspective, its a lose/lose battle. Even if they > >>> decide > >>>> to limit the number of VCPUs on start up after a check on the > >>>> license > >>>> brand... Customers would balk... > >>>> > >>>> Or are you lying if you order IDS for a single CPU and omit that > >>>> its a > >>>> multi-core cpu? > >>> > >>> As per my previous mail, it's doesn't matter a toss what you > >>> "affine", as > >>> processor affinity is an irrelevance to IBM Informix licensing. > >>> Interestingly, under IBM's new rules, it now costs half to license a > >>> quad-core cpu for IDS than it did on 31/12/06. As IBM itslef has > >>> the > >>> only > >>> popular quad-core processor out, the Power5 processor, perhaps > >>> this is > >>> enitely deliberate. > >>> > >>> > >> Neil, > >> > >> AMD also offers a quad core as does Intel. Albeit Intel's quad > >> core is > >> not on the same die. > >> And neither is yet at a 45nm components. > >> Also AFAIK, Sun has a multi-core offering too. > >> > >> I haven't priced out a dual socket machine capable of taking a > >> quad core > >> Intel (Xeon too) CPU. > >> That would be 8 cores. Also don't know the cpu speeds... > >> > >> That's a *lot* of power in a 2U rackable box. > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on > >> your Live.com page. > >> http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701 > >> > > > > -- > > > > * > > * -- It has been proven that Chimpanzees and other apes know what > > "Thank You" and "Gratitude" mean! > > * -- The manager of my manager is my manager -- > > * > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > >_______________________________________________ >Informix-list mailing list >Informix-list@iiug.org >http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ Valentine's Day -- Shop for gifts that spell L-O-V-E at MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8323,ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24095&tcode=wlmtagline