Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix.sco:572 comp.unix.misc:405 comp.unix.sysv386:1475 comp.unix.internals:784 comp.unix.questions:26399 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!iphase!floydf From: floydf@iphase.UUCP (Floyd Ferguson ENG) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Summary of Request for Comparison of Altos and NCR Keywords: summary Altos NCR comparison Message-ID: <254@iphase.UUCP> Date: 22 Oct 90 13:28:24 GMT References: <11@ACT.UUCP> <505@wybbs.mi.org> Reply-To: floydf@iphase.UUCP (Floyd Ferguson ENG) Organization: Interphase Corp. Dallas TX Lines: 15 In article <505@wybbs.mi.org> sleepy@wybbs.UUCP (Mike Faber) writes: > >Thank you. I've been saying (to my boss mostly) that the disk speed and >quantity are the REAL deciding factors in a resonably designed system. >In my opinion, the only thing you need a CPU for in a typical DBMS computer >is to direct traffic, and make an occasional computation here and there. > Only if the DBMS by-passes the UNIX filesystem via the raw device. If your data is accessible via filesystem, your CPU will spend most of its time just running the filesystem, and you will see a noticeable improvement by adding horsepower. -- Floyd Ferguson uunet!iphase!floydf