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Abstract:
Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter? (...)
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system s performance:
Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buyi...
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2002-06-10
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IBM’s latest RS/6000 server, the high-end S80, outsold Sun Microsystems’ E10000 by almost three-to-one in the fourth quarter.
Who cares – it’s the performance and price that may end up burning Sun. (...)
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system s performance:
IBM’s Unix Servers Eclipse Sun. ... high-end servers for the Unix operating system
as market ... copper-based microprocessors, which provide high performance from a ...
Published:
2000-03-31
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IBM announced its latest NUMA-Q server, the E410. Its ability to house up to 64 Intel CPUs represents a doubling of the “largest”
current system, the ES7000 from Unisys, and an eight-times increase over the largest current mainstream Intel offerings from
Compaq, Dell, and HP. (...)
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system s performance:
IBM announced its latest NUMA-Q server, the E410. Its ability to house up to 64 Intel CPUs represents a doubling of the “largest”
current system, ...
Published:
2000-06-19
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"Agility", "real time enterprise", "zero latency" ... these are among the several buzzwords doing the rounds these days.
Some would characterize these present times as belonging to the "Real Time Decade." Are these words just hype or do they proffer
a vision of reality for the near future? This article a (...)
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system s performance:
... relationship between individual transactions, underlying processes and performance measures
which ... have the user constantly query the system(s) for appropriate
...
Published:
2004-04-07
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Abstract:
IBM’s latest RS/6000 server, the high-end S80, outsold Sun Microsystems’ E10000 by almost three-to-one in the fourth quarter.
Who cares – it’s the performance and price that may end up burning Sun. (...)
Excerpt related to
system s performance:
IBM’s Unix Servers Eclipse Sun. ... high-end servers for the Unix operating system
as market ... copper-based microprocessors, which provide high performance from a ...
Published:
2000-03-31
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IBM's four-CPU servers, the Netfinity 5500 M20 and 7000 M10, yield top notch web-focused benchmark figures, but also very
high price/performance figures for mainstream applications. (...)
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system s performance:
... [Note: the reader should understand that the baseline server price is only about 5% of the cost of a
system which delivers this level of performance.]. General: ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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Hewlett-Packard's four-CPU rackmount products, the NetServer LH4r and LXr 8000, are aimed at customers who want reliable,
expandable server installations. (...)
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system s performance:
... competitors, which allows slightly more flexibility vis--vis where a customer could/would install the
system(s). Product Challenges. LH 4r: Performance: At only ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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HP has re-entered the enterprise computing race with the release of its LT 6000r, a six-CPU server with improved performance
and excellent transactional price/performance. (...)
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HP’s LT 6000r Six-CPU Server. ... We have discussed HP's relatively poor price/performance
in the past ... System density As mentioned earlier, six CPUs in a 4U box ...
Published:
2000-07-24
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Abstract:
Leapfrogging the rest of the transaction-processing world, IBM has posted TPC-C results more than tripling the highest current
transaction-per-minute figure. (...)
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system s performance:
... beyond its traditional bases of IBM's S/390 and RS ... IBM-discount
pricing for the tested system still had ... additional price cut, the price/performance
figure makes ...
Published:
2000-07-26
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After much anticipation, Compaq’s version of a 1U-high (one 'rack unit') server is finally ready to ship. (...)
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Compaq’s 'Photon' Comes into the Light. ... overcomes one of the key challenges
of the NEI system - serviceability ... What is currently lacking is performance
figures ...
Published:
2000-06-23
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Abstract:
BoldFish will deliver the message faster and more reliably than any other opt-in mail delivery system on the market today. (...)
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BoldFish will deliver the message faster and more reliably than any other opt-in mail delivery system on the market today.
Published:
2000-09-22
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Abstract:
Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter? (...)
Excerpt related to
system s performance:
Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buyi...
Published:
2002-06-10
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Abstract:
This BI article looks at why and how in-memory technology transforms analytic applications. The primary bottleneck to high-performance
multidimensional analysis has been slow hard drive speed—the time it takes for data to be transferred from disk storage to
random access memory (RAM). With crashing RAM (...)
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system s performance:
... OLAP by the convergence of low-cost, high-performance hardware and ...
based semiconductors that constitute the material of a computer system’s random access ...
Published:
2010-09-01
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Abstract:
This BI article looks at why and how in-memory technology transforms analytic applications. The primary bottleneck to high-performance
multidimensional analysis has been slow hard drive speed—the time it takes for data to be transferred from disk storage to
random access memory (RAM). With crashing RAM (...)
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system s performance:
... OLAP by the convergence of low-cost, high-performance hardware and ...
based semiconductors that constitute the material of a computer system’s random access ...
Published:
2010-09-01
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IBM has just released benchmark results for its mid-range Unix server, the RS/6000 M80, showing it to be a top performer
in transaction processing and Web serving. (...)
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system s performance:
IBM has just released benchmark results for its mid-range Unix server, the RS/6000 M80, showing it to be a top performer in
transaction processing...
Published:
2000-06-21
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system s performance:
... can use when working with the enterprise system’s data. ...
approaches and technologies to improve a company’s business processes (and performance).
...
Published:
2008-07-21
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Abstract:
Leapfrogging the rest of the transaction-processing world, IBM has posted TPC-C results more than tripling the highest current
transaction-per-minute figure. (...)
Excerpt related to
system s performance:
... beyond its traditional bases of IBM's S/390 and RS ... IBM-discount
pricing for the tested system still had ... additional price cut, the price/performance
figure makes ...
Published:
2000-07-26
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Abstract:
Hewlett-Packard is one of the leading computer companies in the world, but they have fallen to fourth place in the Intel-based
server market. Will they move back to being a key player, or remain an also-ran? (...)
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system s performance:
Hewlett-Packard’s NetServer Division – #3 to Get Ready, or #4 to Go? ... The HP 3000 series,
which uses the MPE operating system; The HP 9000 series, HP's Unix ...
Published:
2000-03-27
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Abstract:
IBM announced its latest NUMA-Q server, the E410. Its ability to house up to 64 Intel CPUs represents a doubling of the “largest”
current system, the ES7000 from Unisys, and an eight-times increase over the largest current mainstream Intel offerings from
Compaq, Dell, and HP. (...)
Excerpt related to
system s performance:
IBM announced its latest NUMA-Q server, the E410. Its ability to house up to 64 Intel CPUs represents a doubling of the “largest”
current system, ...
Published:
2000-06-19
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Abstract:
In the latest round of setbacks to beset Intel’s performance-oriented 820 chipset, the manufacturer announces a recall of
nearly a million motherboards shipped in 1999 & 2000. (...)
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system s performance:
In the latest round of setbacks to beset Intel’s performance-oriented 820 chipset, the manufacturer announces a recall of
nearly a million motherb...
Published:
2000-06-01