Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:10:46 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Alphas, how good are they? |
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HI!
> I'm wondering what advantages I'm gonna get from buying an Alpha... > Thinking of an AlphaPC 164UX 2MB L3 Cache motherboard with Alpha 21164 > processor at 633 mhz. > Is that comparable with an intel pII/pIII processor at the same rate? > Will ext2 cut me some slack about the >2 gig file limit ?
No. You should be able to use up-to 17G files on 1K filesystem, and even bigger files on 4K filesystem.
> Is Alpha ideal for huge databases?
If you are thinking about >2Gig files, intel is no-go. Definitely alpha or ultrasparc. Pavel -- I'm really pavel@ucw.cz. Look at http://195.113.31.123/~pavel. Pavel Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please!
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