Very Computer

We need to run some critical system on Solaris.Comparing
the hardware price between Sun sparce and some PC server,
the Sun sparc is almost 3 times than the PC server with
the same performance.
Any suggestion about my choice is appreciated !

Hi !
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The over-all performace of a Sun is better. The CPU speed (don't compare
clock speeds - this is useless between different CPU architectures)
doesn't make the whole computer...
The Sun is more stable and faster, and if you still need a PC you can
use the SunPCi, VNC or VMware (see http://www.vmware.com / BTW: the new
beta 2.0 works with truecolor big endian visuals, too).

If you're looking for the "cheapest" solution for a 1-CPU system, buy a
dumb PC and run Linux on it. If you need more, buy a Sun and be happy
:-)

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Bye,
Roland

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If it's critical, can you afford NOT to go with Sun?  For
my company, I will not even consider using a PC for something
that's business critial - it's a false economy.

Quote:> the hardware price between Sun sparce and some PC server,
> the Sun sparc is almost 3 times than the PC server with
> the same performance.

You may be comparing CPU performance.  You need to take into
account the IO performance too.  SPARC hardware IO pisses all
over PC IO.

Quote:> Any suggestion about my choice is appreciated !

Go with Sun, and be happy!

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