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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!metrics.com!tomh From: tomh@metrics.com (Tom Haapanen) Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Organization: Software Metrics Inc. Message-ID: <DKtyrD.8EI@metrics.com> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 21:38:01 GMT Lines: 52 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1819 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1945 comp.unix.solaris:56482 comp.unix.aix:68081 mstary@prairienet.org (stary) writes: > Conclusions: I can not justify to buy any other platform other then > the Intel P6/200 based machines. Are the P6/200s *really* available? Can you order one from someone and get delivery within some reasonable timeframe? > All of the systems are configured with 64Megs of RAM, 4.3 gig Hds, some > graphics card (not very important for servers), and no monitors. Did you add in networking? The C20 doesn't include any network adapter, and the MCA Ethernet card is about $1K. What about the cost of the OS? And potentially the cost of the development environment, if you need that? In any case, for a web server, I'd consider a 43P workstation rather than the C20 server. The base price is well less than half for a PPC 604/133- equipped version, and it includes networking in the box. I'm not sure how you arrived at your prices, so I'll guesstimate below. > ----------------------------------------- > SPECint_base95, SPECfp_base95 > ----------------------------------------- > > Machine, CPU, clock, cache, SPECint_base95, SPECfp_base95, price > > Sun SS10/40 SuprSP 40 20/16 1.00 1.00 ??? > IBM C20 MPC604 120 1M+16/16 3.38 3.48 $12300 > Intel XXpress Pentium 66/133 1M+8/8 4.14 3.12 ~$6000 > Intel Alder PentiumPro 150 256+8/8 6.08 5.42 ~$6700 > Intel Alder PentiumPro 200 256+8/8 8.09 6.70 ~$7200 > Sun SS20/71 SuprSP2 75 1M+20/16 2.06 2.14 $10400 IBM 43P MPC 604 133 512+16/16 4.55 3.31 ~$6500 > $/perf. ratios for the above: > CPU $/int_base95 $/fp_base95 > -------------------------------------------- > MPC604 $ 3,639.05 $ 3,534.48 > P5/133 $ 1,449.28 $ 1,923.08 > P6/150 $ 1,101.97 $ 1,236.16 > P6/200 $ 889.99 $ 1,074.63 > SuprSP2/71 $ 5,048.54 $ 4,859.81 IBM 43P $ 1,428.57 $ 1,963.75 Based on those, the 43P is in the same ballpark as the Pentium 133. But you'll have to work out exact numbers for yourself to see whether it's really comparable to Intel boxes. -- [ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ] [ "any sufficiently advanced technology ] [ is indistinguishable from magic" -- arthur c. clarke ]