[rescue] Oh no! This poor Origin server.....

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> I got the same thing when a suit found out once time that our DEC
> Alphaserver was only 233MHz.

I keep trying to explain to people that it's like saying that a
Corvette's LS1 engine redlines at ONLY 6000rpm, but a Geo Metro's 3-cylinder
engine redlines at 6500rpm, so it must be a faster car, right?

> He forced systems to replace it with a machine that has 1/3 its memory
> bandwidth, and probably a tenth the bus and I/O bandwidth.

*sigh*  Why do suits insist on making decisions about things they do not
understand?

> But wow... it sure was fast once you finally got something into
> memory...

I gotta wonder what the net gain was, especially if it was an I/O-heavy
box.

-- 
Jonathan Patschke  ) "Being on the Internet is not the same as being
Elgin, TX         (   famous.  That's like calling Cheetos 'dinner'."
USA                )                                    --Metal Steve