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From: Frank.Mallory@f123.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Why RISC doesn't support large nuber of users?
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Date: 8 Feb 90 01:11:46 GMT
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 YA> Take a VAX-6300 which is rated at 4MIPS and a RISC machine which is 
 YA> rated
 YA> as over 14 MIPS. THe VAX 6300 can hold over 100 users (few are doing 
 YA> heavy
 YA> jobs, most do light jobs) and a few batches. The RISC machine from the 
 YA> other
 YA> side is rated by its manufacturer to 35 users... Altough there are a 
 YA> lot
 YA> types of RISC machines I hear from most suppliers that RISC machine 
 YA> cannot
 YA> hold a large number of users, but very few suppliers claim they can.

Essentially the same question was answered in this week's Digital Review.  The  
answer is that the basis for the ratings is not the same.  You have to run the  
same benchmark on both to determine the estimated transactions per second of  
each and thus the relative ability to support a user load.

frank.mallory@blkcat.fidonet.org
 



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