Hello all, Apologies for the late summary - I've only just got around to acting on your many recommendations. Here are the salient points: * Many of you pointed out that at my price point, the x86 systems are better performers and better value for money. * A number of you recommended I run Oracle on Linux at my price point However, my vendor tells me Linux is not supported, nor is Solaris on x86, so that pushed me to SPARC. * It was observed that since the discontinuation of the v240/245 series, there's a bit of a hole in the range * Getting a refurbished or second-hand SPARC IV box was a strong recommendation, which I shared, but my FD wanted to buy new * There were some reservations around running Oracle on the Niagra chipset, particularly around how well the thread-sharing model works with Oracle, and whether the FP model would be a problem. I did some research myself, and found a number of people running OLTP applications on Niagra chips, very happily. * The T1000 was out of the question - not enough disks * The T2000 looked like an option, as did the 5120 I've opted for the 5120 and stretched the budget. Thanks for your many thoughts. S. _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Oct 22 11:23:01 2008
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