Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!harvard!hscfvax!pavlov From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (840033@G.Pavlov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PS/2 Suggestions (Long) Message-ID: <444@hscfvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 09:53:47 EDT Article-I.D.: hscfvax.444 Posted: Mon Jul 20 09:53:47 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 04:45:17 EDT References: <829@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> <8020002@hp-lsd.HP.COM> Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University Lines: 19 In article <8020002@hp-lsd.HP.COM>, davek@hp-lsd.HP.COM (@Dave Kumpf) writes: > Although I'm not an expert, here are my perceptions, based on what I've read > about PS/2 in PC mag, PC Week, etc. etc......... > > -- Even though Model 50 is much cheaper than Model 60, I'd go with the 60, > esp. for intensive database stuff. Model 50 has a *dog* for a disc (80 ms > > -- For database stuff, you might look into Oracle. They have recently -----For database stuff, if I were to look at a dbms in the Oracle "class", I would concentrate on Informix or Ingres. Oracle has a *dog* for a pc version of its dbms, performance-wise. - Interpolating the Palmer benchmarks, my guess is that Model 50 + Ingres or Informix = (apx) Model 60 with Oracle (I'm not an expert either)