>The interesting thread on speeding up VFP with a second processor got me to thinking.
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>Babcock and Jenkins apparently has a large batch data processing job which they run regularly. This type of job is not as common as it once was but still is not unusual.
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>"This machine is used exclusively for processing large VFP batches. It has a gig of Ram and a raid 5 array."
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>Many of us agree that VFP does a great job with that type of task. In fact, I would wager that you can't do better for the money.
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>Say you have $5000 to spend on hardware and software. You buy a copy of VFP and spend the rest on a screamin' dual 1.5 gig Raid machine.
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>Now is there any other combination of hardware and software that will out-process the VFP machine? Maybe we could get some mag to issue a challenge and borrow Gar's machine to run a benchmark.
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>Peter
No way we have time for this right now.... I'm afraid our machine is not currently available for challenges.