Re: [TCLUG:5285] NTS4 vs. Linux study from Mindcraft.

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

sheesh.. if i had 35-40k for a server.. i'd get a really decked out Sun
UE-450 or something, or even a pair of them.  you can run lotus on a Sun
if i remember right.

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Christopher McKinley wrote:

> pani@frontiernet.net wrote:
> > 
> > Maybe the benchmark would make more sense if it was run on
> > machines that an average user would buy for that kind of an
> > application.  How many users really have these Xeon boxes being
> > used for web/file serving or planning to invest in one for the
> > same purpose anyway ?
> > 
> 
> Umm, my company has quite a few of these (2-4 Xeon) for Lotus Notes
> (blech!), and we are looking at getting a couple at 35-40K apiece
> (depends on disk space -- can you say 18GB UW-SCSI drives ... mmmm).  We
> would not run NT on them, but IntraNetware (NetWare 4.x).  I keep saying
> Linux, but noone takes me seriously.  
> 
> Anyway, what about the next TCLUG meeting?  If we can get a high speed
> connection, we could do a pseudo-real-world study of local SMB, proxy,
> web, and email.  I have DSL at home, and I would be willing to set
> something up here, or bring my box to the meeting.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> > If linux beats NT on cheaper hardware, which it most certainly
> > does, which more people can afford to buy then who cares that
> > NT runs faster if you add 4Gigs of RAM and 10 more processors ?
> > 
> > Aah well, I am just pissed off that I do not have one of those
> > xeons, that is all *greeen*
> > --
> > sandipan
> > 
> > Scott Dier wrote:
> > >
> > > Heh, what about us pre-college but-going-to-be-CS-majors-next-fall? :)
> > >
> > > Anyways, I have peeked through the smart reseller stuff.  Pretty neato
> > > benchmarks, but nothing like the data from the mindcraft survey.  Really,
> > > it would be cool to set it up, hammer some machines and have a managed
> > > port that we could hook MRTG to or something and make some graphs.
> > > Problem is, where do we get these sweet-ass boxes? :)  I only know one
> > > person with a dual-celeron 504.  And thats not even a xenon.  Oh well.
> > > Even if we had a ppro system we could tell what it was like comparitevly.
> > > (linux vs nt vs netware etc.)  I have access to NT Enterprise through a
> > > MSDN Universal subscription. (yay!) Too bad we couldn't convince my school
> > > district to let us conduct an experiment at school, Maple Grove Sr. High
> > > ;( (500+ pentium win95 boxen.)   Anyways.  That sparked more of a
> > > discussion than I expected.  And it was on-topic.  Sweet. :)  (just
> > > digging the signal-to-noise ratio here.)
> > >
> > > Perhaps at the next meeting there should be a side-discussion
> > > (after-major-stuff, i guess i dont know the format of the meetings (yet))
> > > of interested parties to see if there is a real interest and avalibility
> > > of hardware to do this.  Write it up as a report, and publish it to the
> > > world at large.
> > >
> > > I guess this also means that I am going to start going to tclug meetings.
> > > :)
> > 
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