Oracle Performance on HP vs Sun ?

Just wondering ...

I realize that the HP 9000/800 E35's have recently come out, but has anyone done any Oracle performance comparisons between these boxes and say Sparcstation-10 Model 51's. Would there even be a noticeable difference in terms of running with multiple, relatively small databases
(eg. 6 to 10 tables with less than 10,000 rows each).

Is either platform particularly good for running Oracle
(and/or Sybase) ?

Also, it would be useful to have info on the relative ease of admin (if there's any difference at all) across platforms. I've heard that normal Unix admin on the HP's is highly non-standard (i.e. unique to HP machines) as performed through a tool called SAM. Is this true ? Any other war stories or experiences (positive or negative) would be appreciated.

TIA,
-brad albom
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