Kelly, At 11:27 AM 10/23/2009, Kelly Lipp wrote: >If one reads the IBM documentation on the latest x3850/x3950 M2 one will >observe that the data paths within that architecture are actually faster than >in the latest pSeries hardware.
I'm curious - does your analysis include the number of busses available? I know that the pSeries has quite a lot of busses to drive all of its adapters. I'm not as familiar with the xSeries, so I don't know if there is a model available that has a comparable number of busses. It's not just the speed, it's the overall throughput that most concerns me. Sure, I could have more smaller xSeries servers, but then I would have more resource baskets to manage. Thanks for sharing. ..Paul -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: p...@cornell.edu
