Well, its tough to compare system configurations in a very general way. I've run any number of different systems. I can tell you that Sun has some very nice boxes. A 4 way SMP server with a couple gigs of ram and 1-2 internal 36 gig drives can be had in the 25k price range. They're perfectly nice boxes and will run Linux fine as far as I know. IBM makes a whole line of similar PPC servers.
I think you'll find that the RISC systems have fewer processors and run at lower clockspeeds for the same total performance. 100k is a HUGE amount of money to drop on a system. You could get 2 full racks of high performance 1U systems, including everything, for less, but whatever! On Wednesday 03 April 2002 22:49, JW wrote: > Trying to send this again... SPAM filter messing with me... > > "this is a query about what hardware might make for a really good sql > server" > > There :-p > > >Hello, > > > >I need some advise. > > > >We are about to purchase a huge system for use as a DB/web application > > server (mostly DB). > > > >I'd like to point out that upper management (not me) has decided to do > > this... please don't tell me that I don't need something that big, or > > that I should use an x86 cluster - that's already out of the question, > > and out of my hands. > > > >The server they had already decided to get is a Dell PowerEdge 8450 with > > an external PowerVault storage array. See details here: PowerEdge 8450: > >http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.asp?customer_id=04&keycode=6 > >W300&order_code=PE8450&cfgpg=1#updatepriceNS PowerVault 22xS > >http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.asp?order_code=PV22XS&custom > >er_id=04&keycode=6W300&family_id=9171 > > > >The server is an eight-way PIII Xeon , 32GB of RAM, price approx. $99,000 > > USD - let's say $100,000 In some configurations we've gotten higher. > > > > > >PowerVault approx. $7,500 USD for five-disk RAID 5, 36GB 15k SCSI disks. > > > >Management asked me and another tech. to figure out exactly what we need. > > We called Dell, and the Dell tech said this would be going head on with > > RISC based systems. > > > >Which got me to thinking.... I am personally not fond of x86, and don't > > want to pass up an opportunity to get a RISC system, like an Alpha, SPARC > > or PPC. > > > >Management has given me permission to make a comparison, I'm hoping > > someone here has experience with RISC systems. > > > >I'd _really_ like to have a RISC system.... but I've got no idea how to go > > about comparing them. > > > >For me it's like trying to compare apples and oranges when you don't even > > know what an orange is =) > > > >Does anyone here know how much an Alpha, SPARC, or PPC system that has > > comparable power would be? > > > >Or even _what_ systems are comparable? As I said, I've never dealt with > > anything besides x86 and Apple PPC before, so I'm venturing into totally > > new territory. > > > >If someone can give me a clue, I'd really appreciate it. Apparently we are > > mostly after processing power (CPU+RAM), my boss said we wouldn't even > > need a GigaBit NIC (though of course he may be wrong). > > > >I basically need to find a RISC system that produces the same amount of > > power for less $$$, or at LEAST more power for the same amount of $$$. > > > >It must run Linux of course, much preferably SuSE. I know SuSE Enterprise > > edition runs on SPARC, PPC ({i|p|z}Series and Itanium/IA64 ( I really > > don't want the latter, though if someone gives me a convincing argument, > > I'll consider it), and Professional 7.1 runs on Alpha, 7.3 runs on > > PowerPC > > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Thanks! > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------- > >Jonathan Wilson > >System Administrator > >Clickpatrol.com > >Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Jonathan Wilson > System Administrator > Clickpatrol.com > Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble > unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
