Question about Sequent power

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From: Mark Benard
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 01:50

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We are looking at purchasing a Sequent system and I would like to get a
realistic estimate of it as a compute server and file server as compared to
some systems we have.

The configuration we are looking at is 16 386 processors, with 128 MB memory
and 2 GB disk.  (Yes, the 486's would be much faster, but we are being
offered a great deal.) All our terminals would access it via terminal servers
on an ethernet LAN.

Can anyone compare that to what Pyramid has to offer?  We have a Pyramid 9815
(with 32MB memory).  Or what about equivalent processing power in a Sun
SPARCstation environment?

Thanks.  Mark
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Mark Benard
Department of Computer Science     INTERNET & BITNET: mb@rex.cs.tulane.edu
Tulane University                  USENET:   rex!mb
New Orleans, LA 70118

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Subject: Question about Sequent power
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