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From: dafuller@sequent.UUCP (David Fuller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: obsolete Sequent software
Message-ID: <54360@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 91 07:08:23 GMT
References: <124108@uunet.UU.NET> <1991Mar01.163348.24172@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1469@west.West.Sun.COM> <1439@torsqnt.UUCP>
Reply-To: dafuller@sequent.UUCP (David Fuller)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc
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In article <1439@torsqnt.UUCP> david@torsqnt.UUCP (David Haynes) writes:
>martinb@bottomdog.East.Sun.COM (Martin Baines - Sun UK - SE Manager Cambridge/Gatwick) writes:
>
>
>>In article <1991Mar01.163348.24172@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>,
>>johnm@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (John Matzka) writes:
>
>>[delete comments regarding fitness of Sequent s/w and followups]
>
>>|> I would be interested to see you put 500+ simultaneous users on a
>>dozen suns.
>
>>I really couldn't resist this one: 500 users on a dozen Suns =
>>500/12 Users per system =
>>41.67 users per system.
>>
>>Let's call it 50 users per system to be fair :-)
>>
>>Each SS400 = 22 MIPS   =>   0.44 MIPS/user
>>Say the Sequent had 30 processors rated at 5 MIPS each
>>i.e. 30*5  = 150 MIPS  =>   0.3  MIPS/user
>>
>>So it look's like the dozen Suns would give you *more* power per user
>>than a single Sequent.

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