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Mark Bole wrote:
> G Dahler wrote:
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>> "Andrew Hardy" <junkmail@[127.0.0.1]> a écrit dans le message de >> news:c7nm36$5qe$1_at_sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk... >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We're using an E450: 'Sun Enterprise 450 (4 X UltraSPARC-II 296MHz)' >>> with 1Gb of RAM as a development platform. >>> >> >> >> We recently replaced a similar UE 450 2Gb RAM machine by a Sun 280R >> (1.2 Ghz >> single CPU, 5Gb RAM) and found the machine to perform as good (if not >> better) than the 450. Technology (eg. disks) as improved a lot since the >> 450, that gives a good boost in performance. >> >> I would not run anything else than solaris or Linux on the Intel >> Platform, >> otherwise, your CPU will be busy managing the GUI and useless stuff >> instead >> of your database. But other people may actually like windows for >> whatever >> reason (maybe they have MSFT stock :-) >> >>
I bet a shiny new Sun would outperform a five year old Sun, too.
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