On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Craig Morehouse wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:54:48 -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:46:56PM -0400, Craig Morehouse wrote: > >> I'm new to Debian, but am going to be buying 30 workstations for a new > >> operation, and I'd like to use Sun hardware running 3.0 Woody. > >> > >> Question, which Sun box has proven to be REALLY good and solid with > >> Debian? Are the Ultra 2's better than Ultra 5's or 10's, or vice versa? > >> Should I build a bunch os SS20's with 4 cpus, or should I get the > >> latest Blade? > > > > For the most tested and stable machines, go with an UltraSPARC. I'd > > suggest one of two types of systems. > > > > 1) The early IDE line. E.g. Ultra 5 or 10. The reason being that the > > machines are cheap to maintain and offer decent performance. > > > > 2) PCI SCSI based systems. E.g. Ultra 2, 30, 60. If you're interested in > > SMP based systems, the 2 and 60 are the way to go. Debian's primary > > archive (aka ftp-master, aka auric) is an Ultra60 with dual 450mhz > > cpu's, 1.5 gigs of ram and a ~240gig raid5
For what it's worth, my experience with Linux (Debian & SuSE) on an Ultra10 suggests that if you are going to stress the disk much at all, on such a system, you will want to use one of your expansion slots for a SCSI card. Others will have better information, though. Regards, Ferris > > Thanks, Ben. > > We had some early Blades last year, and I really thought that a dual CPU > Ultra2 was a better box. > > Does Debian install nicely on the Ultra 5's and 10's? As you said, > there are plenty > of 10's around at nice prices. > > Another question... Are there any Package disadvantages in using a Sparc > over an Intel box using Debian? Is the same range of Debian software available > for all CPU's? > > Thanks, > Craig > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (703) 392-0303 Fax: (703) 392-0401 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
