Jeremy: I believe that's what I was attempting to convey. My suggestion was that the G4 should not be disk bound (limited by disk bandwidth). The CPU on my DEC Alpha is a meagerly 300, but the disk can stream faster than my PIII true Intel 733MHz. That's why I suggested he look at the disk / controller. INSERT = the need for disk speed. The CPU doesn't really have to process much unless it's IDE, and even then it would be minimal.
Somewhat correct? In other words, I wouldn't take your bet. Van ========================================================================= http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/113/ded_serius.html Linux rocks!!! http://www.dedserius.com ========================================================================= On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:56:22AM -0700, Van wrote: > > > > I can't imagine a G4 would be disk bound relative to an Intel machine, unless > > there is something very wrong with the disk or controller. Also, you might want > > to defrag your disk on the Mac. > > > > G4s have much more disk bandwidth than any Intel I've ever seen. Almost as much > > as my DEC Alpha. >:) > > Huh? > > CPUs have little if anything to do with disk I/O operations. I'd bet > you $1000 that a 1 CPU Pentium II with the right disk subsystem could > easily outrun a much "faster" 4 CPU Pentium III system with a single > IDE disk in it. > > Jeremy > -- > Jeremy D. Zawodny | Perl, Web, MySQL, Linux Magazine, Yahoo! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ > > MySQL 4.0.15-Yahoo-SMP: up 53 days, processed 2,004,157,804 queries (431/sec. avg) > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
