Hi,
A sadly mislead person wrote:
> The price performance survey for Sun hardware versus Intel hardware was
> pretty informal. I wanted a box to run Solaris 2.6 to function as a db
> server with the following specs: 300-400mhz
> 256 mb memory
> 8 gb ultra scsi 3
> 100 mbit ethernet
> cheap video/monitor
>
> I called 4 or 5 sun resellers. Brand new, a comparable Sun Ultra 2 was over
> $20K. A used/rebuilt Ultra was somewhere around $13 -15K. Note, this was
> for only a single 2oomhz cpu and 4gb disk.
>
> Next I priced the intel hardware. I got all the above for less than $2500
> but with dual 400mhz cpus. Solaris Server for Intel was another $700.
Wrong system, wrong price comparision, the Ultra 2 is way out of date and
thus overpriced.
A new SUN PCI based Ultra10 with 333Mhz CPU, 256MB memory, 9GB EIDE disk,
100mbit ethernet and ultraSCSI controller + 9GB SCSI disk retails for around
US$6,000.
OK, its more expenive than the Intel based system but not 6 times as much.
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Regards David Knight
OneStep Solutions Plc
