On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Thomas David Rivers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 01/31/2013 03:42 PM > Subject: Re: FW: mainframe "selling" points -- Start up Costs > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> <snip> > You won't do that with software. At least not in my experience. But when I > see someone trying to get 10,000 (pick the small animal of your choice) to > pull a plow instead of two good draft horses (yes I have plowed with > horses, once. I love a good tractor), I tend to mention the problem.
Perhaps, like current supercomputers, you need to invent the MPP for the mice? In this case MPP stands for Massively Parallel Plows. I will admit that I don't know if current business practices are really set up for computer MPP. But, then again, a MPP RMDS could distribute something like: UPDATE TABLE SET COLUMN=1.1*COLUMN over multiple processors. Of course, there is still a problem with memory interference or disk drive interference. Sometimes nothing beats a fast CP and fast I/O to a single fast disk (or use a PCIe attached SSD). > > Regards, > Steve Thompson > > Opinions expressed by this poster may not reflect those of poster's > employer. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
