My original message:
> Our IS organization is putting together a small presentation. Among
>the things to be presented is a comparison between our old VAXcluster, and
>our newer 2100 systems. I've been trying to find a way to compare the two
>types of systems, namely, a single-processor VAX 6000-400, and a
>single-processor AlphaServer 2100 4/200. I've searched DEC's website, I've
>found the SPEC website (www.specbench.org, in case you're wondering), and I
>haven't found what I need.
>
> All I want to be able to say is "on average, one of our Alpha systems
>is XX times faster than one of our VAX systems". I am aware that this is a
>gross oversimplification, but the intended audience isn't technical, and it
>would give them a rough idea of the computing power our newer sytems have.
>Any information or pointers would be welcome...
Thanks to all the respondents (several of which request anonymity). The
answered indicated that a 2100 4/200 is between 3 and 10 faster than a VAX
6000-410. As with all benchmarks, the numbers are going to vary according
to the actual operations performed by the benchmarks themselves. So I took
a somewhat pessimistic view, and said used 5x.
Thanks, everyone!
Ed
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Received on Tue May 13 1997 - 17:17:10 NZST