Hi, You wrote: > 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 Wrong system, wrong price comparision, the Ultra 2 is way out of date and 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. > > --- > Regards David Knight > OneStep Solutions Plc We have been getting these from a place called TKTech (www.tktech.com) for a reasonable price. For $2600 you get 128 MB RAM, 4.3 G SCSI disk, cd, and a floppy. You can get faster CPU's, more disks, more RAM, etc. For about $4000 we got a well loaded system. This is built off of the same basic motherboard that is in the Ultra 10 (SparcEngine Ultra AXi -- built by sun for OEM's). Anyway, you can get some nice sun equipment for a reasonable price if you shop around. dk --- David Koski Running Start, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.running-start.com
