We have both SPARC and RS6000 boxes. There IS more to it than just processors. Both have benefits and drawbacks. But to give a blanket figure of twice as fast is just plain wrong. Terry Rodd Holman wrote: > Making this call on processor alone is not a good thing. A lot of > factors go into Oracle performance. What is the I/O comparison between > the machines, amount of RAM, backplane configuration, etc.? A sales > drone just spouting off on processor speed (true or not) doesn't give you > a complete picture of reality. I would have a hard time buying the 2:1 > thing though. > > Rodd Holman > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 5/10/01, 1:16:30 PM, Chris Rezek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding > SPARC vs. RS/6000 - which has better performance/processor?: > > > We are looking at new servers for our Oracle8i OLTP back-end. An IBM > > sales guy claimed that an RS/6000 is 'twice as fast' per processor > > running Oracle8i in an OLTP environment - a 6 processor RS/6000 is just > > as fast as a 12 processor SPARC. > > > What do y'all think about this? > > > Chris > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Chris Rezek > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Rodd Holman > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Terry Ball INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
