SUMMARY: SparcServer10 or Sparc670

From: mfendt@eso.org
Date: Fri Sep 03 1993 - 06:42:28 CDT


Hello,

my question was: shall we upgrade our old 4/470 to a 4/670 or a SparcServer10.

All recommended for: SparcServer10 25:0 (if you compare the same cpu power)
Advantages for 670: the VME boards,
                     IPI disks
                     expandable to 1GB (SS10 only :-) to 512 MB)
Advantages for SS10: this series will continue, the 6xx will disappear soon
                     cheaper
                     smaller if you don't mind having the SCSI disks aside

Since we use only SCSI disks, have no VME boards and very likely do not need
1GB memory we will either go with the SS10 and have a look (as a lot
recommended) to the SparcServer1000 (this would imply Solaris 2.x, OOPS) if its not to expensive.

The following people replied:
jdd@db.toronto.edu (John DiMarco)
pjw@ccci.com (Pete Welcher)
Richard.Elling@eng.auburn.edu (Richard Elling)
slezak@llnl.gov (Tom Slezak)
stern@sunne.East.Sun.COM (Hal Stern)
greco@lehman.com (Frank Greco)
cal@soac.bellcore.com (Christian Lawrence)
fitz@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Kerien Fitzpatrick)
julian@syd.dwt.csiro.au (Julian Dryden)
miker@il.us.swissbank.com (Mike Raffety)
asb@kbs.citri.edu.au (Anthony Botham)
Gordon.Rowell@nms.otc.com.au (Gordon Rowell)
jdr@mlb.semi.harris.com (Jim Ray)
eckhard@ts.go.dlr.de (Eckhard Rueggeberg)
tribble@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Peter C. Tribble)
glenn@uniq.com.au (Glenn Satchell)
bobr@houston.nam.SLB.COM ( Bob Reardon )
ericb@telecnnct.com (Eric Burger)
bhatiani@jpmorgan.com
davee@lightning.mitre.org (David N. Edwards)
Stephen.G.Scott@att.com (Steve Scott)
celso%jade.dcc.ufmg.br@UICVM.UIC.EDU (Celso de Souza Lima)
100016.2320@CompuServe.COM (Bill DeStefano)

Thanks to all,

Michael Fendt



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