Adam Price <adam+usenet@pappnase.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1pyt93d5o3de$.dlg@pappnase.co
.uk>...
> On 19 Aug 2004 20:45:19 -0700, yls177 wrote:
> 
> No they aren't. You need to go and understand performance and the servers
> you describe before you realise how wrong this question is.
>
> An alpha server could be anything from an old slow workstation class
> machine to a Top500 supercomputer.
> A blade server could contain 'Intel ia-32' processors, IA-64 processors
> PA-Risc processors..
> A proliant server would contain Intel ia-32 processors and could be a blad
e
> server or not.
> A superdome is an computer sytem from HP which could contain IA-64 or
> PA-Risc processors.
> And so on...
> Go talk to HP, they can sell you any of these servers and will be able to
> explain the differences.
>
> 
>
> Without being rude, the scale of your ignorance is too huge for a unix
> administration newsgroup, this thread is off topic here.
> Adam


cheers.. you are right.. my ignorance is too huge. I am trying to
understand these different models. And not forgetting i still have
SUN, and IBM servers too...

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