Speaking from experience, I can tell you that the dual P2 boxes we have
are about twice as fast in actual use as the quad PPro boxes we have.
What a difference a year makes (in computing power)!
Last year we paid nearly $19,000 for each quad PPro. This year, we're
paying about $4,000 for each dual P2, and getting much more for the
money.
Sam
Robert Russell wrote:
>
> Ok, so can anyone give some pointers as to how to project the benefits
> of multiple processors?
>
> I recently considered looking for some Pentium Pro 200 cpus(2), but it
> was suggested P II was a better way to go. I had some info that the P
> Pro was, perhaps, better and last year(I think) I read that IBM had
> shown a Linux box in a show in Germany sporting 4 PPROs. Wow! I guess it
> cooked!
>
> I have a chance to purchase a Gigabte MB for dual P II and clock speed s
> to 333MHZ.
> I was originalllly planning on Tyan or Asus(recommended as very good
> makes, but a recent MB article included Gigabyte as a good choice. Sorry
> for the rambling....)
>
> I tend to be conservative and speed is not all there is faster
> computing.
>
> Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
>
> TIA,
>
> Bob Russell
>
> Lenz Grimmer wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
> >
> > > > I tested a distributed POVRay on four double PII/400 w/ 128M RAM - sweet.
> > >
> > > Before I go to Beowulf and get lost on that site, can you tell which
> > > (kind of) applications that would benefit from a cluster? Will my
> > > mailreader run faster? :-)
> >
> > No, unforunately not. The application has to be designed to be run in a
> > distributed environment. Regular application do not benefit from a
> > cluster. Heck, most applications don't even make proper use of a second
> > CPU...
> >
> > Bye,
> > LenZ
> >
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