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Technology Stocks : Compaq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: paul who wrote (23967)	4/7/1998 7:38:00 PM
From: SI Brad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Paul, NT is scalable and robust. If anyone is having a problem with the logic of the site, it's the programming (which is my fault). If anyone is having difficulty accessing us, it's the bandwidth (there have been a lot of internet problems lately). The operating system is not a constraint. Silicon Investor runs on Dual Pentium 300mhz IIs (as web servers) and a Quad Pentium Pro MSFT SQL Server on the backend. The main database is 17 gigabytes and growing. All of the machines are under capacity, especially the SQL Server (which is staying below 25% CPU utilization). Less than 1% of the pages delivered are "HTML files". All of the other pages are generated "on the fly" from the SQL Server, and response time on our local network (to fully deliver a page) is in milliseconds, no matter how heavy the traffic gets. Sorry to disappoint, but SI will have no problem scaling on NT to 20,30, or even 50 million page views per day. Once we cross 20, all we'll need to do is get a bigger piece of hardware for the SQL Server and throw in some more web servers. Admittedly, getting past 100 million will be pretty difficult, but it wouldn't be any easier on Unix. My only complaint about NT is that it lacks the remote control that Unix has. I still have to walk over to the machine room to install new software. Just so this message isn't completely off-topic, SI runs 100% Dell. I used to be loyal to Compaq (I even worked there for a few summers), but when I went to make my first big purchase, I couldn't find prices on CPQ's website. I placed an order with Dell in less than 30 minutes, and the machines arrived within a week. I've been converted to a Dell-head. I might go back to CPQ someday if they ever make it easy to shop&buy online. Brad