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From: jay@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Jay Liang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.alliant
Subject: Seeking opinions on FX/2800
Keywords: FX/2800, benchmark
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Date: 9 Sep 90 19:21:39 GMT
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Reply-To: jay@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Jay Liang)
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We are seriously considering upgrading our FX/8 to FX/2800/8.  If you
have hands-on experience with the machine, we would greatly appreciate
your comments, both good and bad ones, on the following areas:

	1) FX/FORTRAN compiler.  Does it differ from the FX/8 family?
	   How much speed up can we expect to gain as opposed to FX/8
	   with the same compiler options/directives?
	2) Concentrix reliability.
	3) User training.  How much effort can we anticipate on user
	   training both for FX/8 users and new users?

Please include the system configuration of your FX/2800 in your reply.
Reply via e-mail preferred.  We are in the process of getting some
benchmarking on some of our production codes, however, any benchmark
results also will be appreaciated.
-- 
Jay Liang                                     Geosciences Computing Network
jay@alliant.uoknor.edu                        University of Oklahoma
jay@uokmax.uoknor.edu                         Norman, OK 73019
jl@geohub.uoknor.edu                          (405) 325-5540 [work]