kimery@wdl1.UUCP (11/08/85)
/***** wdl1:net.unix / gatech!jfp / 6:49 am Nov 7, 1985*/ }I am looking for information on a UNIX engine that has 12 processors, }runs at 4 MIPS, and sells for around $250,000. I believe it has a }name that starts with an S. Any information on such a machine would }be greatly appreciated. }Please note that this is not a trivial pursuit question!!! What a waste of processors! If you are looking for a 4 MIP unix machine you should consider the ELXSI machine. It starts out in a ONE processor config that runs 4 MIP and progress to a 10 CPU machine that runs at 40 MIPS! (yes, a 100% gain for each proccessor). The one cpu machine is upgradable a cpu at a time through 10. As far as pricing goes, I can't recall details. By the way, this machine runs a System V port. * I have no link to ELXSI, except as an interested bystander.... Sam Kimery fortune!wdl1!kimery or kimery@ford-wdl1
sml@wdl1.UUCP (11/09/85)
> I am looking for information on a UNIX engine that has 12 processors, > runs at 4 MIPS, and sells for around $250,000. I believe it has a > name that starts with an S. Any information on such a machine would > be greatly appreciated. > Please note that this is not a trivial pursuit question!!! The machine you are thinking of is from: Sequent Computer Systems 14360 Science Park Drive Portland, Oregon 97229 (503) 626-5700 Another vendor with a similar machine is: Encore Computer Corportation 16 Walnut St. Wellesley Hills, MA 02181 (617) 273-1022 Steve Lazarus (415) 852-4203 Ford Aerospace ...fortune!wdl1!sml (USENET) MS X-20 sml@ford-wdl1 (ARPA) 3939 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA 94303
john@birtch.UUCP (John Pipkins x257) (11/13/85)
> /***** wdl1:net.unix / gatech!jfp / 6:49 am Nov 7, 1985*/ > }I am looking for information on a UNIX engine that has 12 processors, > <etc.> > What a waste of processors! If you are looking for a 4 MIP unix > machine you should consider the ELXSI machine. It starts out in a > ONE processor config that runs 4 MIP and progress to a 10 CPU machine > that runs at 40 MIPS! (yes, a 100% gain for each proccessor). The > one cpu machine is upgradable a cpu at a time through 10. As far as > pricing goes, I can't recall details. > <...some stuff I deleted ....> > * I have no link to ELXSI, except as an interested bystander.... > > Sam Kimery There are several reason why I would chose a multiprocessor machine (such as the Sequent Balance 8000 or the Flex/32). The first and most important to me is reliability. A multiprocessor machine such as the Balance 8000 is redundant. That translates to a greater uptime factor. Second it encourages parallel processing in the design phase of a project. I mean, you can't use the old 'there's only on processor arguement'. Now for why I responded. For most timesharing/development activities a multi- processor system is better that a uniproccessor system. This becomes more apparent when you have a large (what ever that means) number of users doing different things. In a non master/slave system, processors will handle jobs simultaneously rather than serially. Second, the Elxsi 6400, while being a dream machine for me, is ECL (emitter- coupler logic) based machine. That means high power consumption and (in my experience) higher rate of failure than TTL (transistor-transistor logic) based machines. I speak from a positions of a person who did (last year) a evaluation of machines to challenge our Vax 11/780s at a previous job. John Pipkins ...trwrb!scgvaxd!felix!birtch!john
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (11/19/85)
> > I am looking for information on a UNIX engine that has 12 processors... > > The machine you are thinking of is from: > > Sequent Computer Systems > ... > > Another vendor with a similar machine is: > > Encore Computer Corportation > ... Note an important difference between these two machines: the Sequent machine exists and has been delivered to customers. The Encore box, last I heard, was still vaporware. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry
pn@stc.UUCP (11/22/85)
Any users on the net actually using the Sequent box? If so I would
greatly appreciate hearing your views and opinions on this machine,
by mail please. I'll summarise if I get more than 2 responses.
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Phil Norris <pn@stc.UUCP>
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