In article <38b25b40.2954202_at_news-server>,
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam (Nuno Souto) wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:25:26 GMT, jahorsch_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> >materialized views and see how that stacks up to SQL 7.0. Wait till
you
> >can get a 32-processor x86 platform before you go bashing SQL
Server. I
>
> Why wait? They have been around running UNIX for the last 12 years.
>
> Oh, you mean using NT? Because that's the only thing SS7 runs on?
> And NT can't cope with more than 8? Oh well, that is NOT a hardware
> limitation, is it?
>
> <G>
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
>
The chipsets have been around but they are not efficient enough to
scale well. The Profusion chipset basically puts a switch between two
4-way chipsets to get an 8-way. Intel and others such as Hotrail are
looking at ways to go 16 and beyond using many 2-ways or many 4-ways.
Where is a benchmark running SCO on 32? Remember I said x86 based. It
just doesn't scale well due to bus issues. To be honest I do not know
the architecture for 4 plus boxes from IBM, HP, and SUN. I imagine
they all need a way to share the memory bus efficiently. If Windows
2000 Datacenter 64bit version does not hamper Itanium or Alpha (If they
produce code for the Alpha) then we should see much better scaling.
Just because NT is limited by their hardware platform doesn't mean its
junk. Sure it scaled poorly in older versions but so did Linux. The
OS is obviously not as mature as other OS'es and is still catching up
or even surpassing. The biggest advantage of NT if implemented
properly is cost. I have worked with HP-UX, AIX, Oracle, and Sybase
and have good and bad things to say about those products so I am not
eniterly biased one way. Remember the best overall product is not
always the best for business because there are so many other factors
that need to be looked at. I think TCO is the major selling point for
NT/SQL Server. TCO will very from one place to another due to DBA
skills/ Sysadmin skills but I think with a level playing field SQL 7.0
will still significantly beat most others out there.
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