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Article #12747Re: Speed is the one true performance metric
From: Henry Schaffer
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1986 02:21
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1986 02:21
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In article <1709@ncoast.UUCP>, wb8foz@ncoast.UUCP (David Lesher) writes: > > Article <297@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> From: weemba@brahms (Wimpy Math Grad Student) > > | In article <1913@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes: > ......discussion about how long Crays are down..... > ... > BUT > There were 4 or 5 people assigned to it by Cray. > Said support cost over $500k/year, and that figure is > several years old. > decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!wb8foz What's wrong with that figure? My rule of thumb is that hardware maintenance is 10% of the list price of the equipment per year. (The common range is 6% - 12%.) That would put the system price at upwards of $5 million - which seems about right. --henry schaffer n c state univ
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!hes From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Speed is the one true performance metric Message-ID: <2391@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Nov-86 21:21:35 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2391 Posted: Mon Nov 24 21:21:35 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Nov-86 20:58:40 EST References: <1903@mmintl.UUCP> <12142@watnot.UUCP> <107@pembina.alberta.UUCP> <1709@ncoast.UUCP> Organization: NC State Univ. Lines: 18 Keywords: Cray, maint, downtime Summary: maintenance costs - as a %