Just for some giggles, have you tried benchmarking the X1000 vs a run of the mill Intel box? I'm kind of curious how the PPC matches up. Granted, you'd probably want to make it even and use the same kernel versions on each. It'd also be cool to see differences in performance on the PPC between kernels.
slaapliedje
I'd hazard a guess that standard i3 box running Windows and HyperV with a Linux guest emulating the PA running Linux kernel 3.13 would blow it out of the water.
But that's just an interestingly extrapolated guess. ��
