On 11/19/2010 1:24 PM, Tom Marchant wrote:
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:38:12 +0000, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
The evaluation, as I said in another post, is at best a guess.
In other words, there is no meaningful indicator of processor speed.
In that case, to single out MIPS as meaningless is, in itself, a
meaningless statement.
LOL! So true! :-D
I think it should be obvious that if a 100 MSU machine meets all SLAs, then a
200 MSU machine will exceed them. The "meaningless" part comes in only when you
try to split hairs--something performance gurus routinely do to try to squeeze
every ounce of performance out of a slightly undersized box.
The bottom line is that you pay for MSUs both in hardware and software costs.
That's pretty meaningful!
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