"James R. Reynolds" wrote:

> I gave him my answers,, but I would truly like Ya'lls (southern for you all).

ya gotta spell it right :-)  it's *y'all* :-)

>  what is your true opinion with the N-Class machine?

wonderful!  we were quite concerned that going from a 997-400 to a 2-way n-box was (according to hp) nearly
an even 'horsepower' trade.  nope -- our box is fast fast fast! :-)

>  Will it truly buy us something or not?

- increased overall performance
- better hardware reliability (in the sense that it's newer)
- reduced support costs

> They are starting to seriously look at purchasing that machine.

*do* take the timeto evaluate buying new disc to go with this hotrod.  the peace-of-mind that the va7100
provides is worth it alone (at least imo :-).  another way to look at it is -- you're all gussied up in a
brand new suit but wearing scuffed-up, 10-year-old shoes.  definately a fashion (or computer) faux pas!
:-)  *and* with 7.5 -- you can run fibre channel.  goody goody goody :-)  fibre channel speed is something
else (especially compared to scsi).

oh -- don't be afraid to put memory into it either.

>  Will we will see a noticeable improvement with batch jobs.?

yepper!        - d

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