[cobalt-users] Re: DISK over CPU = ...

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> I hate to say it, but I tend to agree with Paul
> Jacobs that Sun has a questionable future because it's doing a
> poor MS imitation.  (And, Paul, that's about the extent of my
> agreement with you.  No less, and certainly no more.)
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AMEN Brother...#1

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> Quick tangent:  What's really funny is the concern over server
> CPU power.  For most machines, the DISK is the limit, unless
> software is poorly written.  Honestly, how much CPU should it
> take to read a few disk pages, process the data a bit, and send
> them on their merry way?

I concur,  (DISK vs. mhz on Cobalt machines ).....thinking that throwing
more processor speed at it will not improve the performance measurably

If the software is not written to take advantage of the mhz in the CPU -
then a beefier (or not ) CPU mhz becomes irrelevant to a degree...

that was my 2 cents for this year...

CG