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Subject: Re: Difference Statistically: Hardware - Shredder vs. Hydra?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:18:24 08/18/04

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On August 18, 2004 at 17:08:03, Dan Honeycutt wrote:

>On August 18, 2004 at 16:59:07, David H. McClain wrote:
>
>>I am not sure what hardware Shredder is using.  Nevertheless, in general terms,
>>can an evaluation of any advantage be assessed with hardware of Hydra vs.
>>Shredder?
>>
>>DHM
>
>It was reported that Shredder is using the same quad Opteron that it used in
>WCCC.  But how you decide who has a hardware advantage when the platforms are so
>different is beyond me.
>
>Dan H.


Saying that Hydra has a _huge_ hardware advantage is easy.  Trying to precisely
quantify how large that advantage is is not so easy...




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