The comments from David Lethe compared HP 3000's to IBM RS-6000's.
Did that answer your question?  If we compare the RS-6000 to the HP 9000
you get an entirely different answer.  The impression I had was that you
wanted
performance stats on HP 9000's vs.IBM RS 6000's and I am forwarding you
that kind of information.  However, if you want to go beyond mere hardware
specifications and into suitability of the vendor and the products to
support a high-availability enterprise network, I believe I can show you
that the HP 9000/HP/UX/ OpenView/ServiceGuard/HP Support equation
is the best thing out there.


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> From: David A. Lethe <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NEED HP3000 vs IBM PERFORMANCE INFO ASAP!!!
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 1997 2:23 PM
>
> On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 11:39:22 -0400, Dave Jennings <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >Does anyone have or know where I can get performance stats of HP vs IBM
> >computer systems either hardcopy or on the Web.  I would like to get
from a
> >Web site because of the timeframe given to me.
> >
> >I would need this information within 24 hours.  We are doing a migration
> >study/project and this information would be extremely helpful.
> >
> >TIA  :-)
> >
> >Dave Jennings
> >Current Inc.
> >719-531-2572
>
>
> We would need a lot more information.  Basically you are asking for a
> comparison of two brand names, without supplying details on silly
> little things like the application (does it run on both platforms?!!)
> and projected user load.
>
> Seriously, try:
> http://www.rs6000.ibm.com  to get a great rundown on their RS-6000
> family.  I have got to assume you already know of the HP csy site.
>
> In general:
> 1. The HP3000 will unquestionably do more "work" given the same
> relative cpu performance.
> 2. UNIX vs MPE is a long subject.  UNIX has more features, and
> flexibility therefore significantly more overhead.
> 3. I can scale a RS6000 to easily handle >10,000 users (much more than
> a loaded 3000/997) but get the checkbook out, you'll pay millions.
> 4. A new RS6000 can be purchased for less than a new HP3000. No
> comments on suitability-for-use. If you want used, then you can find
> them for both platforms.
> 5. The IBM systems have a higher availability ....  i.e., I can add
> disk online, reconfigure the O/S online, dynamically load/unload
> drivers online...  Mirror software comes with AIX.
> The high-availability clustering hardware/software for AIX is more
> robust than quest's software for MPE.
>
> I have sold, supported, and consulted for both you might want to take
> this offline
>
> David A. Lethe
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> 972-208-3660