Billy wrote:
> Rodrick Brown wrote:
>
>
>>I'm strongly looking to go with a 4 Node 4-way x86 server w/8GB of memory
>>from either Sun or IBM, Sun is currently shipping Opterons which are 64bit
>>but I'm not sure if Linux would be a better option is 64bit Linux ready for
>>primetime? What is the status of Oracle 10g RAC on 64bit x86 Solaris?
>
>
> I hate Solaris. Honestly think it is a piece of crap and one of the
> worse Unix flavours I've ever worked with (have worked with others like
> Sinix, Irix, Reliant, HP-UX and Linux). I prefer Linux for numerous
> reasons with HP-UX second (and only because of HP's Glance ;-).
>
> But that's mostly a personal opinion and as relevant as personal
> opinions go.
>
> However, we have purchased 36 V20z (Sun's AMD dual Opeteron blades) for
> a mix of RAC and single nodes, running Linux and 10G. Comparing 2
> V20z's with a single V440 (4 CPU) and the AMDs not only kick nuts and
> stomp balls, but is a heck of a lot cheaper too.
>
> --
> Billy
I'd have not chosen your colorful selection of adjectives but your point
is one I hope Roderick gets. He needs to embrace change. Not just moving
to scaling out ... but across the entire technology stack.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Thu Jul 07 2005 - 08:43:22 CDT
