Re: OS-X vs. Windows

[Brad Jensen <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> But benchmarks make me think of something:  does anyone have any idea how
> iSeries, linux, and *BSD stack up when run on similarly priced hardware?
> My boss is getting a new iSeries for about $20,000 (not including
> software).  If I bought a linux/*bsd capable machine for $20,000 how would
> they compare?

Can you find one that expensive? I don't know if BSD supports
multiple processors. You should be able to easily get 4
processors, 4GB of RAM, at least 320GB of raid disk, and lunch
for four people for $20K. With maybe enough left over for a good
-well maybe a bad- used car.

BSD would kick the stuffing out of the AS/400, particularly if
they weren't running tiger on OS/400.

Of course, to make the comparison fair, you should use IO
processors  such as digiboards or termservers for the PC. I
should think you could run a minimum of 128 terminals on term
servers at acceptable speed. Maybe double or quadruple that.

Of course, I don't know what you would find for software.

I just talked to my hardware supplier, he said with the proper
match of bus, controller, and drive, he was writing a terabyte
a minute (actually he said 2.3 but no one will believe that) on
a PC hard drive.

If DB2 runs on BSD, if it runs slower than on the 400, it's
because it was designed not embarass IBM.


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