Re: [ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-27 Thread Nick Fankhauser
el/AMD box, you may need to think hard about I/O & make some choices there as well. -Nick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andreas Schmitz > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: [ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-27 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Hello *, thanks a lot for the quick responses. It looks like I have to answer a few questions. - I am talking about P4 Xeon - Getting away from SUN is the attemp to reduce costs. I think I don't have to mention the amount of money that has to be spent on service contracts (even with older ma

Re: [ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-26 Thread Steve Wolfe
> I've got a question concerning hardware. We're planning to replace our SUNS > (E3500,E3000,E450 etc) with multiprocessor XEON boards. Is there any > recommendation or experience about this type of hardware ? A lot of it depends on whether you're talking about P3 Xeons or P4 Xeons. P3 Xeons a

Re: [ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-26 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:25:51PM -0500, Adam Erickson wrote: > I am curious, why are you getting away from Sun? I've been under the > impression that Sun hardware kills IA32 when it comes time to play. (eg. > high load) Am I reading too much FUD these days? Maybe. I can say for sure that an

Re: [ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-26 Thread Dan Hrabarchuk
al Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andreas Schmitz > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:38 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ADMIN] hardware question > > > > > > > > Hello *, > >

Re: [ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-26 Thread Adam Erickson
TECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andreas Schmitz > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ADMIN] hardware question > > > > Hello *, > > I've got a question concerning hardware. We're planning to > replace ou

[ADMIN] hardware question

2002-09-26 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Hello *, I've got a question concerning hardware. We're planning to replace our SUNS (E3500,E3000,E450 etc) with multiprocessor XEON boards. Is there any recommendation or experience about this type of hardware ? kind regards -andreas -- Andreas Schmitz - Phone +49 201 8501 318 Cityweb-T