We did a Try and Buy on a T5120 for Sun Ray when Sun had such a program (I don't know if Oracle still does). Applications at their fastest will feel slower for users if they are running on the T2 server, however the system will scale much better (i.e. many more apps can be running and it won't get slower linearly). We went with Solaris/x86 servers due to their cost-effectiveness and raw single threaded speed, the latter being something that users care about because it affects responsiveness of desktop apps. However, if you are not running desktop apps on the Sun Ray server itself (i.e. all apps are running over X forwarding or on Windows Terminal Servers, etc), a T2 should do well. If you need a SPARC, I can attest that the SPARC64-VI does comparably to a modern x86 system.
William Yang > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:sunray-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of LeBar, Russell J > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SunRay-Users] Which makes for a better Sun Ray server -- the M > or T SPARC lines? > > > I'm spec'ing out new hardware to replace our aging Sun Ray servers and was > wondering if the T2 processor line was well suited for Sun Ray type > activity or if I should go with a VI or a VII server? We'd have 50-150 > users spread across two servers, mostly running Java apps and some X- > windows traffic via SSH X11 forwarding. We would also have a small Citrix > XenApp for UNIX deployment. My guess is that compression and encryption > take a hit on the T2s because floating point isn't their strong suit, but > though I would ask due to the big difference in price. Thanks!! > > -- Russ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed and may contain confidential and privileged information > protected by law. If you received this e-mail in error, any review, use, > dissemination, distribution, or copying of the e-mail is strictly > prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and > delete all copies from your system. > > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
