Comments on: Does Azul have the next Rails box? http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/ by Mark Mayo Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: mark http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-93108 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:21:48 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-93108 Irregardless may be nonsensical, but I fall intro the "descriptive" camp when it comes to deciding whether or not words are indeed words, and here in descriptive land irregardless is most definitely a word. That being said, I should have used "regardless" and avoided the illogical negative prefix... Irregardless may be nonsensical, but I fall intro the “descriptive” camp when it comes to deciding whether or not words are indeed words, and here in descriptive land irregardless is most definitely a word.

That being said, I should have used “regardless” and avoided the illogical negative prefix…

]]> by: Dustin Aleksiuk http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-93102 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:33:49 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-93102 "Irregardless" is not a word. Just trying to help. “Irregardless” is not a word. Just trying to help.

]]> by: ux-admin http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-51015 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:03:45 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-51015 Java is simply uninteresting (too complex and often too slow even for the simplest of tasks), so does this thing run Solaris? What is this "Vega" processor? Java is simply uninteresting (too complex and often too slow even for the simplest of tasks), so does this thing run Solaris?

What is this “Vega” processor?

]]> by: Igor http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-51011 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:19:25 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2007/01/09/does-azul-have-the-next-rails-box/#comment-51011 Looks like a rather niche product to me (for well-heeled and space/power-constrained Wall Street firms etc). SpecJBB2005 for 16chip/768cores model (not even available until Mar 2007) is about 873K (price rumored to be in the 500K$ range !), but 2CPU/8Core Xeon gives you now about 200K on SpecJBB2005 (price in the 4K$-8K$ range) . So you'll get ~4.5x more speed for 100x more money. No amount of saved electricity can cover the difference. Obviously, single JVM speed (if required) is another matter and there Azul wins Looks like a rather niche product to me (for well-heeled and space/power-constrained Wall Street firms etc).
SpecJBB2005 for 16chip/768cores model (not even available until Mar 2007) is about 873K (price rumored to be in the 500K$ range !), but 2CPU/8Core Xeon gives you now about 200K on SpecJBB2005 (price in the 4K$-8K$ range) .
So you’ll get ~4.5x more speed for 100x more money.
No amount of saved electricity can cover the difference.
Obviously, single JVM speed (if required) is another matter
and there Azul wins

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