On 13 Jul 2007 16:25:25 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >And I forgot to mention. If you want to build a benchmark that will show the >mainframe's capabilities, it should do a _LOT_ of I/O. Millions of I/Os on >each >of hundreds of devices spread across scores of channels.
That's what a mainframe marketer would do. But a business should evaluate its business needs, and create a benchmark that measures how a computer solves those needs. If those needs are heavy in bandwidth, mainframes work good. If it needs heavy calculations, then a Supercomputer might be better. If it word processing, then a PC works fine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
