RE: More processors or more MHz?

Two processors of 120MHZ could be just fine, first, you will balance the work across the two processors, which can be executing some different=20 taks, even if those tasks doesn=B4t belong to any Informix products, = Unix itself will take advantage over two processors. If you have one 180Mhz, = you will not balance the work, because there is only one processor, even if=20 it is a faster CPU. However, keep in mind that your machine with two processors must be configured as a single processor machine in Informix, otherwise would exist the overhead of context switching. Regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mario Estrada | SISTECO, S.A. Departamento | Tel.(502) 3340214 de Soporte de Informix | Fax(502) 3344837 ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------->Reply = Separator<------------------------------------- ---------- From: Ofer Inbar[SMTP:cos@zax.whoville.leftbank.com] Sent: Mi=E9rcoles 26 de Marzo de 1997 04:27 PM To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu Subject: More processors or more MHz? I'm trying to price an HP9000 K-series for an Informix database, and I'm not sure how the tradeoffs work out. For example, would Informix be happier with a single 180MHz processor or a pair of 120MHz's? Are there issues about how the data is going to be used that would tip the balance one way or the other, and if so, what should I be looking at? (Informix OnLine 7.22) -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@cs.brandeis.edu -- The Left Bank Operation -- lbo@leftbank.com = http://www.leftbank.com/ Romkey's Law: all unanimous decisions are wrong. Proof: "They can't = ALL=20 be right. So if they're all saying the same thing, it must be = wrong."