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[kevin.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kevin Jackson)]

The company I work for have a number of Compaqs - including a large quantity
of Compaq servers.
My own work workstation - from where I'm writing this email - is a PIII
450MHz Compaq, with an 8Gb SCSI drive and 128Mb RAM.  It is crap.  On paper,
the spec is great - it really is - but in practise...
I had a small Toshiba PII 300 with 64Mb in and that is faster than this.

I don't want flames, neither!

Kev

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chris.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 June 2000 13:10
> To: Raghavendra R
> Cc: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [SLE] System slow with 6.3
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please note - This posting is not a Troll/Flamebait etc, but
> from experience...
> 
> ** I understand 810 may not be a good processor to use as a server.
> 
> Very true (810 is the chipset though).
> 
> ** But, previous to this we had installed 6.2 on another Compaq with a
> Intel
> ** PIII 440BX with 256 Mb Ram. Even on this m/c, 6.2 Linux 
> showed the same
> ** behavior of hanging / slowing down appreciabely when users 
> work remotely
> ** or run some system commands or copy some big files.
> 
> Notice two things common between the systems: Compaq.
> 
> Just because Compaq has a big name, doesnt make their hardware
> well supported, reliable and predictable.  My company (a pretty
> large one), has 800 odd workstations and 30 odd servers custom
> built using genuine Intel boards and processors.  These have
> never experienced this kind of problem.  We actually dropped
> Compaq as a viable solutions provider as their hardware wasn't
> consistant and/or reliable.
> 
> ** Even here, the 'top'
> ** and free commands always seem to show the used memory at 
> around 70 to 80
> ** % of the total memory of 256 Mb even just after booting. 
> So, we cannot
> ** unilaterally blame it on 810.
> 
> No, lets unilaterally blame it on Compaq.
> 
> I suggest you go out and grab some bits to build your own system
> from precise requirements and shop parts.  Get an Asus or Intel
> GX/BX board and use that.  Do it and see the difference.  See
> why you are throwing your cash down the toilet.
> 
> Other people's opinions on Compaq are invited.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Chris Smith              IS Dept - Raytheon Systems Limited
> [chris.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]               +44 1279 407 103
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
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