Questions about 22MHz-vs-MPE on the 3B2

[Stephen J. Friedl]

Hi folks,

     I've got a prospective customer with a 3B2/400 and not
enough CPU cycles.  They are hot to get a 3B2/500 and another
VAR has talked them into getting the 22MHz upgrade to it.

     My gut feeling is that this is not an efficient use
of his $10,000, and getting one of the multiprocessor
enhancements (MPE) is likely to be much more cost-effective.
His application is old Informix 3.3 (not SQL) with a
zillion users.

     Questions: [1] how much real difference is there between the
18MHz processor and the 22[.5?] MHz version?  [2] how much real
difference does one of the MPE units make?  [3] which would *you*
get?

     Phone calls are welcome on this, I'm kind of hot to head
my customer off at the pass before he makes a mistake.

     Thanks,
     Steve

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