> I'm wondering what advantages I'm gonna get from buying an Alpha...
> Thinking of an AlphaPC 164UX 2MB L3 Cache motherboard with Alpha 21164
> processor at 633 mhz.
> Is that comparable with an intel pII/pIII processor at the same rate?
> Will ext2 cut me some slack about the >2 gig file limit ?
No. You should be able to use up-to 17G files on 1K filesystem, and
even bigger files on 4K filesystem.
> Is Alpha ideal for huge databases?
If you are thinking about >2Gig files, intel is no-go. Definitely
alpha or ultrasparc.
Pavel
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