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#! rnews 2381 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!usenet From: Christian Kuhtz <chk@psa.pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 08:46:46 -0700 Organization: Pencom Systems Administration Group Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <30F13C66.794B@psa.pencom.com> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <DKtyrD.8EI@metrics.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: f.socks1.server.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (X11; I; AIX 2) To: Tom Haapanen <tomh@metrics.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1824 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1956 comp.unix.solaris:56528 comp.unix.aix:68118 Tom Haapanen wrote: > Did you add in networking? The C20 doesn't include any network adapter, > and the MCA Ethernet card is about $1K. What about the cost of the OS? > And potentially the cost of the development environment, if you need that? > > In any case, for a web server, I'd consider a 43P workstation rather than > the C20 server. The base price is well less than half for a PPC 604/133- > equipped version, and it includes networking in the box. I'm not sure > how you arrived at your prices, so I'll guesstimate below. There's a big difference between a C20 and a 43P, and raw CPU power won't help you there. The architecture used in a C20 makes them quite a bit faster than 43P's. When I first saw 43P's, I wasn't impressed at all. It's a cross between a Sega game gear and an low-end RS/6000. But, I guess, you get what you pay for. btw, those int/$ and fp/$ """benchmarks""" are totally bogus and deceptive -- in other words, bullshit && waste-of-time (TM). Chris --___ ____ __ | _ \/ __/| \ Christian Kuhtz, Pencom System Administration Services | _/\__ \| \ \ <chk@psa.pencom.com> (303) 924-0510, cell: (303) 918-2066 |_| /___/|_|__\ on-site at IBM Government Systems, Boulder, Colorado