A z800 IFl is about 700Mhz. Escon is only about 150Mbit, so both your disk bandwidth and your processing power will be significantly less than what you currently have. I don't want to say don't bother, but it will be "challenging"....
>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:58:01 -0400 >Sender: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Doug Griswold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >What kind of performance can I expect out of a z800 with one >engine dedicated to linux with 1 gig of ram? I am very familiar >with linux on other architectures (mostly x86) and I know what >x86, powerpc, and sparc architectures are capable of but I have >been unable to guestimate what 1 engine is capable of with a gig >of ram. I know this is an impossible question because there is >too many variables. But lets say we have a db2 database that is >using 60 percent of a dual p4 x86, 4 gig/ram on a high >performance SAN and you move this to a z800 with 1 ifl engine >and a gig of ram and escon attached starage, what can I expect >inperformance increase/decrease. > > >Thanks "If you can't measure it, I'm Just NOT interested!"(tm) /************************************************************/ Barton Robinson - CBW Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Velocity Software, Inc Mailing Address: 196-D Castro Street P.O. Box 390640 Mountain View, CA 94041 Mountain View, CA 94039-0640 VM Performance Hotline: 650-964-8867 Fax: 650-964-9012 Web Page: WWW.VELOCITY-SOFTWARE.COM /************************************************************/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
