curt@dtix.dt.navy.mil (Welch) (05/10/90)
We are considering purchasing a Pyramid MIS computer system to replace 3 Vax 11/780's, 2 Vax 11/750's, and 2 ISI V.20 systems. I'd now like to hear opinions from Pyramid owners about how they like their system, how well they perform, what type of problems you have had (with hardware, software, support from Pyramid, etc.). Last week, I posted this same type of question to comp.sys.sequent. I asked Sequent owners what they thought about their system and I got back about 8 replys, all basically saying that they loved their system, but didn't like the fact that the software was behind the times. I'm convenced that a Sequent system will be perfect for us, but after looking into Pyramid, I feel I need to get more information before making a decision. If anyone has worked with both Sequent and Pyramid systems and care to comment on their relative merits, (both the products and the companies) I'd love to hear about it. Also, can any of you give some estimations on how large of a Pyramid system we will need? (How large is yours and how many users can use it at once.) Can one 14 MIP Pyramid processor really outperform two 5 MIP Sequent processors? (using the new Sequent processor board with two 20Mhz 80386s) We would like to run with a peek load of 60-100 concurrent users doing simple text editing (vi), e-mail, and news reading. Most of these would be connecting through telnet connections. Thanks for any words of wisdom you can give me, Curt Welch curt@dtix.dt.navy.mil David Taylor Research Center (A Navy Lab) Bethesda, MD (301) 227-1428