ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 10:58:52
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux
From: Shawn Drew <shawn.drew AT AMERICAS.BNPPARIBAS DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:58:11 -0400
# IMNSHO, IBM pSeries hardware is the best there is for large I/O
# workloads. I've seen AIX do things that Linux wouldn't survive.

I've always wondered about this.  We have p570s and we can throw anything
at them, and they won't even breath hard.

But if you spent $100K on p-series, and $100K on multiple Intel machines,
which solution will get the better, cumulative I/O-Dollar ratio?


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