The 937 is of the NOVA class.

The 9000 equivalents were F and G models.

jack 

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Mark Landin
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP 3000 to HP-UX systems

Jeff,

That is all the unanswerable question. Comparing the 3000 to the 9000
class from a hardware perspective is pretty simple. I don't think there
is anything in the current 9000 product line that equates to a 937, and
if there was, your support costs would be pretty steep.

The rp2400 and 2450 class seems to be the bottom of the 9000 rung right
now. of course those are PA-RISC system, which HP will stop selling at
the end of this year (you have three weeks to order, in other words!)

Your customer may just want to jump straight into the Integrity line.
Entry-level is the rx2660, 3600, or 6600 line which all have the same
processor specs but varying levels of memory and I/O capability.

However, your customer isn't really interested in hardware equivalency
.. they are interested in performance equivalency. As you taught me in
SOS class many moons ago, the answer to every performance problem is "It
depends". For isntance, the disk I/O available on "modern" 9000
equipment far exceeds the FWSCSI limitations of the 3000 systems. How
much that impacts your perceived performance depends on if your workload
is I/O intensive or not.

If your customer already knows what software they will be implementing
on their 9000 system, I recommend taking a "good guess" (perhaps an
multi-CPU A- or L-class 9000?), lease or rent it for a while, put a
production load on it, and see what happens. If it's not stout enough,
rent something bigger. Repeat until you are happy.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Jeff Kubler <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> To all,
> What is the similar system to an HP 937 system on HP-UX?  Is it an F
class?
> Who knows of a family description for the systems comparing the HP 
> 3000 to HP-UX?
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Kubler
> Kubler Consulting, Inc.
> 541-745-7457
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