Home: Server = P3 733, 384M Ram, Linux (Sun Java Desktop), SRSS 3.0, 1
Sunray, 3 users (using cards)
Wouldn't want to get any less ram, good for email & web, slow swapping
out ram to start staroffice ;-)
Rather than the U10, I'd recommend (works ok in demo lab at work) a
P4/AMD with 2GB RAM - should be ok for 3 users, but depends what they're
doing simultaneously (dual proc would help but then so would a real
server ....).
If your budget really is next to nothing, get a cheap PC and try it out
(or use vmware).
Having a couple of cards will sell it to whoever is at home :-)
Simon
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:57 AM, Mark T. Hatcher wrote:
I have an Ultra 5 in the garage, in need of a hard drive and RAM., so
that may
be my first option. Especially since I'm working on a 0$ budget.
When I
picked up the Ultra-5 at a swap meet, the seller said I "could" use
standard
PC-133 DIMMs; although I know, Sun runs best on Sun-RAM. On a
budget, for home
use, can I really use PC RAM in this machine?
Nope...you need Ultra5/Ultra10 RAM. Sorry. :-(
Also, some of the replies lead me to believe an Ultra-2 is faster
then the Ultra-5?
Yes, the Ultra5/10 were basically low-end, low-budget machines. (no
offense intended), while the Ultra2 was Sun's top-end workstation for
a long time. The Ultra2 can be considerably faster. I say "can be"
because, of course, it is possible to put dog-slow processors in an
Ultra2 if you really want to. :) Also keep in mind that the Ultra2 is
a dual-processor machine, while the Ultra5/10 is uniprocessor only.
Further, the Ultra5/10 IDE subsystem is a very poor design, even for
IDE...it's very, very slow. Putting a SCSI disk subsystem in an
Ultra5/10 improves the overall system performance significantly,
especially in systems with limited RAM due to paging overhead. The
Ultra2, being a top-end workstation, has native SCSI. An important
thing to remember, though, is that it's limited by the fact that it
only has two drive bays which only take 1" tall (not 1.6") drives.
While on that subject...the Ultra60 is similar to the Ultra2 in many
respects, but it can take 1.6" tall SCSI drives. In addition, its
expansion slots are PCI, compared to the Ultra2's Sbus. They take the
same sort of processor modules as the Ultra2, but not all modules will
work in all systems. The Ultra30 is basically a uniprocessor Ultra60.
And of course, being "real" Sun machines (not PCs) all of the
aforementioned systems will run perfectly happy "headless", with a
serial console, as is preferred for systems in server duty.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
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