On 04/ 9/11 02:26 AM, David Magda wrote:
On Fri, April 8, 2011 10:06, Darren J Moffat wrote:
They may be storage appliances, but the user can not put their own
software on them. This limits the appliance to only the features that
Oracle decides to put on it.
Isn't that the very definition of an Appliance ?
Yes, but the OP wasn't looking for an appliance, he were looking for a
(general) server that could hold lots of disks. The X4540 was
well-designed and suited their need for storage and CPU (as it did
Greenplum as well); it was fairly unique as a design.
One thing often overlooked with the X4540 is the processing power is way
more than is needed for simply managing storage, so they are ideal for
consolidating and collocating applications with their data.
--
Ian.
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