18 Aug
1998
18 Aug
'98
3:15 p.m.
Okay, so the F700 series has been announced. I am, however, left with many questions:
1. Are these models Alpha based? Pentium? Other? What are the relative speeds, so I can compared to the previous models? The F760 appears to be about 50% faster than the F630, but I'm sure that's spread out over several components, not solely due to the CPU.
2. When can we expect even preliminary SPEC SFS numbers?
3. When can we expect Netbench numbers? One would guess they would be in the range of 30MB/second.
4. What is the maximum network connectivity? The spec sheet mentions 8 PCI slots, but I don't know if that includes those for tape and/or FC-AL.
Bruce