A very big Thank You to the originators of the list and especially to those
that responded! I got some very helpful feedback and even located a vendor
or two. Some observations:
1) The upgrade to new processors looks pretty straightforward.
2) I need more memory.
3) Our I/O is Ok (64meg caching controllers)
4) Some companies budgets for enterprise hardware are more than others
(Right, Scooter?)
5) Our network stinks - but that's another story.
Best regards,
William C. Thompson
Senior Manager, Operations Team
(909)396-2398 FAX (909)396-3816
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Thompson
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 9:59 AM
> To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
> Subject: Alpha 8400 CPU Upgrade
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have any experience in upgrading CPUs on the Alpha 8400
> machines used in a file server/scientific computation configuration. The
> machines are currently configured with the 5/300 and are getting killed by
> our expanding database, additional users, and more intensive tasks.
>
> Also, in addition to a CPU upgrade, are there other things we should be
> looking at to increase performance, capacity, response, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
> William Thompson
> wthompson_at_aqmd.gov
>
Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 20:36:36 NZST