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).