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>Does TPS mean transactions per second?  If so, I have been asked the
>correlation of TPS to MIPS.  Is there any?  I would appreciate your input.
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>Regards,
>Ernie
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Most 3000's are doing transaction processing, so they don't worry about MIPS.
I don't care how many MIPS I have; i just want a lot of transactions per
second. If my 3000 can do 1000 TPS and only be a .5 MIP machine, great. (Those
numbers are just examples!!!) TPS is based on many variables beyond
processer speed, including memory size and speed, disk I/O, OS architecture,
and applications/DBMS architecture.

If you are focusing on MIPS, then you are doing some heavy compute-intensive
tasks and are not worried too much about transactions, in which case the 3000
may not look very sexy. But the 3000 is Claudia Schiffer (or Mel Gibson,
depending) when it comes to transaction processing.
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Mark Landin
UNIX Sys. Admin
TD Williamson, Inc