Server Architecture

[yls177]

Hi, are the below servers in performance in descending order?

Alpha Server
Blade Server
Intel Server
Itanium IA-64 server
PA-Risc servers
Proliant servers
Superdome

I am trying to get a grasp of these different servers.. such as their
difference in architecture

[Adam Price]

On 19 Aug 2004 20:45:19 -0700, yls177 wrote:

> Hi, are the below servers in performance in descending order?

No they aren't. You need to go and understand performance and the servers
you describe before you realise how wrong this question is.

An alpha server could be anything from an old slow workstation class
machine to a Top500 supercomputer.
A blade server could contain 'Intel ia-32' processors, IA-64 processors
PA-Risc processors..
A proliant server would contain Intel ia-32 processors and could be a blade
server or not.
A superdome is an computer sytem from HP which could contain IA-64 or
PA-Risc processors.
And so on...
Go talk to HP, they can sell you any of these servers and will be able to
explain the differences.

>
> Alpha Server
> Blade Server
> Intel Server
> Itanium IA-64 server
> PA-Risc servers
> Proliant servers
> Superdome
>
> I am trying to get a grasp of these different servers.. such as their
> difference in architecture

Without being rude, the scale of your ignorance is too huge for a unix
administration newsgroup, this thread is off topic here.
Adam

[yls177]

Adam Price <adam+usenet@pappnase.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1pyt93d5o3de$.dlg@pappnase.co.uk>...

> On 19 Aug 2004 20:45:19 -0700, yls177 wrote:
>

> > Hi, are the below servers in performance in descending order?

> No they aren't. You need to go and understand performance and the servers
> you describe before you realise how wrong this question is.
>
> An alpha server could be anything from an old slow workstation class
> machine to a Top500 supercomputer.
> A blade server could contain 'Intel ia-32' processors, IA-64 processors
> PA-Risc processors..
> A proliant server would contain Intel ia-32 processors and could be a blade
> server or not.
> A superdome is an computer sytem from HP which could contain IA-64 or
> PA-Risc processors.
> And so on...
> Go talk to HP, they can sell you any of these servers and will be able to
> explain the differences.
>
>

> >
> > Alpha Server
> > Blade Server
> > Intel Server
> > Itanium IA-64 server
> > PA-Risc servers
> > Proliant servers
> > Superdome
> >
> > I am trying to get a grasp of these different servers.. such as their
> > difference in architecture

>
> Without being rude, the scale of your ignorance is too huge for a unix
> administration newsgroup, this thread is off topic here.
> Adam

cheers.. you are right.. my ignorance is too huge. I am trying to
understand these different models. And not forgetting i still have
SUN, and IBM servers too...

[Timothy J. Bogart]

yls177 wrote:

> Adam Price <adam+usenet@pappnase.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1pyt93d5o3de$.dlg@pappnase.co.uk>...
>

>>On 19 Aug 2004 20:45:19 -0700, yls177 wrote:
>>
>>

>>>Hi, are the below servers in performance in descending order?

>>
>>No they aren't. You need to go and understand performance and the servers
>>you describe before you realise how wrong this question is.
>>
>>An alpha server could be anything from an old slow workstation class
>>machine to a Top500 supercomputer.
>>A blade server could contain 'Intel ia-32' processors, IA-64 processors
>>PA-Risc processors..
>>A proliant server would contain Intel ia-32 processors and could be a blade
>>server or not.
>>A superdome is an computer sytem from HP which could contain IA-64 or
>>PA-Risc processors.
>>And so on...
>>Go talk to HP, they can sell you any of these servers and will be able to
>>explain the differences.
>>
>>
>>

>>>Alpha Server
>>>Blade Server
>>>Intel Server
>>>Itanium IA-64 server
>>>PA-Risc servers
>>>Proliant servers
>>>Superdome
>>>
>>>I am trying to get a grasp of these different servers.. such as their
>>>difference in architecture

>>
>>Without being rude, the scale of your ignorance is too huge for a unix
>>administration newsgroup, this thread is off topic here.
>>Adam

>
>
>
> cheers.. you are right.. my ignorance is too huge. I am trying to
> understand these different models. And not forgetting i still have
> SUN, and IBM servers too...

Well, as a start, you could go look at [url]www.spec.org[/url], and you will find
CPU performance for integer and floating point operations for both
single processor and multiprocessor configurations. Where you find
interesting performance numbers, take the time to go over the test
configuration. Then, each vendor has a gob of documentation on their
systems.

You can even still get documentation on Alpha, but I would hurry. The
links seem to be going away daily...

[David Magda]

"Timothy J. Bogart" <tbogart@frii.net> writes:

> You can even still get documentation on Alpha, but I would hurry.
> The links seem to be going away daily...

Anyone know if they're stored in the Internet Way Back Machine?

[url]http://www.archive.org/[/url]

--
David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>, [url]http://www.magda.ca/[/url]
Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under
the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI

[Adam Price]

On 01 Sep 2004 11:47:05 -0400, David Magda wrote:

> "Timothy J. Bogart" <tbogart@frii.net> writes:
>

>> You can even still get documentation on Alpha, but I would hurry.
>> The links seem to be going away daily...

>
> Anyone know if they're stored in the Internet Way Back Machine?
>
> [url]http://www.archive.org/[/url]

[url]http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/dsc-library.html[/url]