Re: Intel Compared to Sun M-Series
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:31:06 -0700
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=kR9hJAjhvBaf6WOOW1fDOWtXY5g_at_mail.gmail.com>
I'd say:
- the 2:1 Intel Westmere-EP:SPARC VII+ core ratio from this partner is in line with my thoughts (so yes - the Intel core is faster) - Intel is probably cheaper per core/socket, especially at the smaller end of systems
- A 2 socket Westmere-EP or 4 or 8 socket Westmere-EX system is pretty powerful by most standards, considering an 4 x 10 core Westmere-EX is 4 rack units!
- No clue on Oracle license costs...but you can research that :)
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Oracle Dba Wannabe
<oracledbawannabe_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I suppose I should have chosen my words more carefully - the reason I actually asked this question is because a partner provided us with some sizing result for an Oracle ebs deployment. There were 2 sizings one on Intel the other on spare vii7+, apparently twice the number of sun sparc cores are required compared to Intel - this was the basis for my question. I get what you're saying that performance is just not about cpu power. But all things equal (if that's possible), the Intel solution appears to also be a cheaper option given the core factors are also the same? The confusing thing is this sizing appears to simply say the Intel core is better than the sparc one?
-- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue May 03 2011 - 18:31:06 CDT