Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: 2 785's or 1 8600. Message-ID: <4622@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 13:31:25 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.4622 Posted: Wed Feb 6 13:31:25 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Feb-85 04:09:24 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 18 From: Mark Weiser We are faced with a decision. 2 785's cost about as much as 1 8600, and are of approximately equivalent power (or slightly less). What should we buy? On the 785 side are redundancy in case of failure, established technology, existing Unix, and quick delivery (standalone 8600's are probably a year away). On the 8600 side are no overhead of load segregation, latest technology, and perhaps a little better performance. (We are pretty convinced to stick with DEC because of the ease of maintaining all our machines on the network.) Are other people facing this? What have you decided? ------------------ Spoken: Mark Weiser ARPA: mark@maryland Phone: +1-301-454-7817 CSNet: mark@umcp-cs UUCP: {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!mark USPS: Computer Science Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742