yes.. i'll agree with that.. and that's what I was saying.. if you need preformance on a database like oracle.. you need to go with a full blown server box like an alpha, or a sparc. web serving however, can be done easily on intel type stuff.. and can be scaled much better by throwing a cluster of servers at it.. where a bunch of cheap hardware is more reliable, and faster than one big server Thank You, Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Adam Maloney wrote: > Yeah...if you really want high-performance, reliability and a clear > upgrade path there's this company called Sun...UE10k anybody? > > Adam Maloney > Systems Administrator > Sihope Communications > > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Scott Dier wrote: > > > * Ben Kochie <ben at nerp.net> [000719 08:08]: > > > intel's off the shelf stuff. they use something called "crossbar > > > switch" which allows DRAM requests to be interlaced to multiple dimm's at > > > a time.. which is really cool. > > > > Read: Neat name for something that many high-end hardware machines do. > > SEE: Many high-end non-x86 sgi machines for instance. > > > > -- > > Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> #nicnac at efnet > > http://www.ringworld.org/ finger:dieman at destiny.ringworld.org > > > > Wait. Watch. Wonder. > > -J > > > > Fight collective stupidity, blackhole cybercreek.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org