Re: [PERFORM] Processors vs Memory

2003-10-22 Thread scott.marlowe
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Hilary Forbes wrote: > If I have a fixed amount of money to spend as a general rule is it > better to buy one processor and lots of memory or two processors and > less memory for a system which is transactional based (in this case > it's handling reservations). I realise t

Re: [PERFORM] Processors vs Memory

2003-10-22 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Hilary Forbes wrote: If I have a fixed amount of money to spend as a general rule >is it better to buy one processor and lots of memory or two >processors and less memory for a system which is transactional >based (in this case it's handling reservations). I realise the >answer will be a general

[PERFORM] Processors vs Memory

2003-10-22 Thread Hilary Forbes
If I have a fixed amount of money to spend as a general rule is it better to buy one processor and lots of memory or two processors and less memory for a system which is transactional based (in this case it's handling reservations). I realise the answer will be a generalised one but all the per