Re: SUN E450 vs. Compaq Proliant 3000

The E 450 has 4 CPU capability while the 3000 inly 2. The L2/L3 cache on the SUN
can be configured - not so on the 3000. Price wise the 3000 would cost half the price of the E 450.
And you can also run Solaris 2.6/2.7/7 or NT on the 3000 while only Solaris on the E 450.
The E 450 is a better faster more expensive machine, but do you really need it?

Stilian

Peter Wu wrote:
>
> Hi, We are at a point to upgrade our server to a faster machine, which will
> run Oracle 8.1.5. There is suggestion that we can buy a Sun Enterprise
> Server 450 or a Compaq Proliant 3000. Both machines have dual processors:
> SparcII 400Mhz vs. Pentium II 400 Mhz, and both will have 2GB memory.
>
> E450 will run Solaris 2.7 and Proliant3000 will run Windows NT.
>
> Does anyone have experience to help us decide?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
> University of Michigan
Received on Thu Jun 10 1999 - 16:54:31 CDT