So, assuming the Spirit was a 1x machine (I seem to recall a small DEC 1400 (?) being a 2x - sooo many years) if the spirit could complete 10,000 "transactions" in a quanta of time, and the new machine finishes the same task (approximating real world environment) in some fraction of this time, then it should be fairly straight forward to work out the X rating.
I seem to recall that the "omnipresent" CUBS benchmark was trying to achieve the same thing ..... they may even have some old benchmarks from a known "X rating" machine, allowing an approximation of modern equipment to be made --> not that I think anyone really cares these days, as X tends to be sufficiently large ! Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage – an Evolution in Software Development >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, 25 April 2004 2:34 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: How far can U2 scale? > >In a message dated 4/24/2004 2:32:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> Again, what would an 'x' be in MHZ. Or for that fact, what would a MCD >> spirit 600 be. One of my clients still has one and I could reference it >> against some of my 2.4Ghz D3 clients. > >There is no comparison because the 'X' was a measurement of the transaction >speed, not the clock speed. There are several layers between clock speed >and >transaction speed. Ted was trying to measure the real-world, business >needs as >opposed to the propeller-head ones which MHZ measures :) >My own 2 cents and a pickle. >Will >-- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.665 / Virus Database: 428 - Release Date: 21/04/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.665 / Virus Database: 428 - Release Date: 21/04/2004 -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
