Re: New Hardware Functionality

Unless the manufacturer has made a firm announcement, with guaranteed dates for availability, I wouldn't worry about it. Technology is always advancing so you'll seldom if ever have the very latest hardware. Whatever you buy will be out-of-date within 12 months.

I think it's only at the very cutting edge that anybody needs to care: your needs are rather modest, by current standards, and should be easily met. The only attention you should pay to new technology is to use it to get a bigger discount on the "old" stuff.

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Yard, John
Sent: 15 February 2007 00:34
To: aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: New Hardware Functionality


Today ( 02-14 ) there was an article in the New York Times
describing advances in computer memory speed that IBM
intends to implement in its new commercial mid range processors.

I am tasked with ordering a replacement system for our current
h80 data warehousing system. We would like to have a new system
in house July/August 2007. I am concerned that if we order now
we may be too early to reap the benefit of this and some
other hardware
innovations.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to ensure
we don't order 'too early' , or are this concern
misplaced ?

We currently have 3 h80's ,
probably replacing it with an lparable system,
supporting Oracle , ~ .75 terrabte of data.

JYard
UCLA