What he said, except that I put the emphasis on lower price, rather
than on higher performance, for the low end A class box.

Richard

Sletten Kenneth W KPWA wrote:
>
> Richard and others commented:
>
> > Or, if they are going to crip the CPU, at least drop the price
> > of the initial system so low that it competes with an off the
> > shelf Dell server with SQL-server for 100 users.
>
> I would expect that one of if not *the* worst impact of running
> the new A-Class e3000 at ONE-FOURTH the CPU speed of
> the equivalent HP 9000 will be in choices many if not most
> potential *new* customers will end up making;  i.e.:
>
> If you have existing Image/SQL apps, the ability to extend into
> the intranet and Internet realms with Java, Apache, WebWise,
> Sendmail, Bind/DNS, etc. is a big plus; even if all those CPU-
> hungry web apps run significantly slower on the e3000 than
> on the 9000 variant of the A-Class.
>
> But if you are a potential NEW customer *without* existing
> IMAGE apps, consider:  You can buy a 9000 A-Class that will
> run the above and most other internet apps FOUR TIMES as
> fast for LESS MONEY than you can buy an e3000 A-Class.
> If being on the Internet / an intranet with above "standard
> apps" & etc. is an important part of running your business,
> will other advantages of MPE and Image/SQL on the e3000
> overcome having to pay MORE $$ to get ONE-FOURTH the
> performance ??..  In most if not all cases I expect the answer
> is no...
>
> Since in the long run the e3000 has to continue to get some
> percentage of new customers on an ongoing basis, I see the
> huge performance DISincentive for "standard" Internet apps
> compared to the 9000 A-Class (and for that matter name-
> brand Win2K servers) as a major stumbling block....  So I
> respectfully suggest HP needs to re-think where they set the
> clock speed on the e3000 A-Class....  and soon....
>
> Ken Sletten

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