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To: Dale J. who wrote (57446)6/7/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: Steve Porter  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dale,

SMP is only valuable if you have more than one "heavy" thread or task to run. If I have an app that has one main thread that does all the work SMP is USELESS.

There are times when one fast CPU is better than 4 cpu's that are 1/3 as fast.

Steve



To: Dale J. who wrote (57446)6/7/1998 8:50:00 PM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dale -
Most database and server software is still written for Intel/Windows NT not Alpha/NT.

Oracle has a native alpha version. MS has committed to complete the backoffice siute for native alpha. There are native versions of key middleware including Tuxedo and MTS. I think there will be reasonable server software for native Alpha.


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