Author: Pavel Blokhine
Date: 10:08:28 02/20/03
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On February 19, 2003 at 23:41:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 19, 2003 at 22:16:33, Pavel Blokhine wrote: > >>On February 19, 2003 at 18:27:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On February 19, 2003 at 17:42:53, Pavel Blokhine wrote: >>> >>>>On February 19, 2003 at 12:53:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 19, 2003 at 11:32:21, Pavel Blokhine wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>You seem to know about computer more than anyone here, so i would like to know >>>>>>how well this computer will do using Deep Junior 7 or Deep Fritz 7 and Frizt 8? >>>>>> >>>>>>From IBM >>>>>> >>>>>>pSeries 690 >>>>>> >>>>>>8- to 32-way SMP server utilizing the first ever POWER4 dual processor on a chip >>>>>>using IBM advanced silicon-on-insulator and copper technologies. >>>>> >>>>>The problem is that this is not a SMP server as the world defines SMP. I have >>>>>not looked >>>>>at it closely, but in the past, such machines from IBM were based on a >>>>>message-passing >>>>>architecture rather than shared memory. Whether this machine fits that >>>>>description or >>>>>whether it is another NUMA system is something I'll try to look into and post a >>>>>follow-up >>>>>here... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Processor >>>>>>64-bit POWER4 >>>>>> >>>>>>Clock rates (Min/Max) >>>>>>1.1GHz / 1.3GHz >>>>>> >>>>>>System memory (Std/Max) >>>>>>8GB / 256GB >>>>>> >>>>>>Internal storage (Std/Max) >>>>>>36.4GB / 18.7TB >>>>>> >>>>>>Performance (rPerf range)*** >>>> >>>>>>12.72 to 50.56 >>>> >>>> >>>>I found them in the IBM website. I just wanted to know how well a computer using >>>>32 processors and 256 GB of ram will perform against a GM or a Dual. >>> >>> >>>If it is a NUMA machine, the dual will probably kill it until the program is >>>modified to >>>work on that kind of architecture. In a classic NUMA machine, it is possible >>>for 32 processors >>>to run slower than one processor, if memory usage is not very carefully >>>controlled. >> >> >>Ok thank you. But what sort of computer you would say is considerably more >>powerful than your dual? > > >Multi-Itanium2 boxes (but not the big 64-way and so forth boxes that are NUMA. >Multi-alpha boxes. MIPS-based might do well in the (say) power-challenge type >platform... HP I don't know about... Well Bob, if that's not to much to ask, can you tell me the proper configurations and hardware power for a computer that would beat your dual? I would be glad to buy it from you if you build computers. I don't care about the price so long as it's under $20,000
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