RE: 9i download

Use a
Symbios 390UF controlller from Techram, $61 dollars, ultra wide, exactly the same as 2940UW and works great in sun boxes.  I got two of them in the my Sun U10 one pointing two cheetah drives, one pointing to raid box.  And soon fiber card pointing to sparc array 200 with 30 9gb drives :)
 
"Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen." Christopher R. Spence <FONT
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Don Granaman   [mailto:granaman_at_home.com]Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:16   PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re:   9i download
  I looked at these online today.  The Sun RAM   and hard drives are outrageously expensive!  However,...
 

• re: RAM ---
   
  Under FAQs, it says:
   
  2. Is this memory proprietary?No. The memory used in the Sun Blade 100 is industry standard.
   
  3. Why buy Sun memory?This family of memory products are priced competitively and are tested, approved and qualified by Sun.
   
  Elsewhere it says: "168-pin JEDEC DRAM with error correction."
   
  So, I appears that it will take decent non-SUN RAM.  I would certainly argue with the statement that Sun RAM is "priced competitively"!  Check out <FONT face=Arial size=2>www.crucial.com - on the front page it says: "256MB upgrade for Sun Blade 100 Workstation $70.19 " (128MB and 512MB modules are also available.)  Sun wants about $300!  Crucial's web price is even lower - $63.89!
   
  
  • re: second EIDE disk ---
     
    Hmmm...  For about $300, the same price as Sun's 15 GB disk, one can get a retail IBM 75GB EIDE Ultra ATA/100  LP Deskstar 7200 RPM 75GXP.  Will it work in the Blade 100?
     
    
  • re: other --- I'm not sure whether the Sun 17" or 21" monitors are decently priced, but the resolutions and refresh rates are certainly not spectacular.  The SCSI card doesn't seem like a bargain and the video cards are certainly not.  So,...
     
    Has anyone tried a third-party SCSI controller?  A third party PCI video card?  Third party monitor?
     
    -Don Granaman [Certifiable OraSaurus]
    • Original Message ----- <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: <A title=Anjan.Thakuria_at_sabre.com href="mailto:Anjan.Thakuria_at_sabre.com">Anjan Thakuria To: <A title=ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com href="mailto:ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com">Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

    Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:53
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    Subject: Re: 9i download
    Heard one my SA collegue saying that someone has successfully     used PC RAM and something else (don't remember) sucessfully. (Now THAT is     economical workaround).
    Anjan
    Christopher Spence wrote:
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      face=Arial>Very suitable, it is a great 
      machine, just don't plan on getting any upgrades cheap.  Memory and 
      DVD are astronomical priced.<SPAN 
      class=937503514-05062001><FONT 
      face=Arial>256Mb would be better, but I 
      believe you can run 9i on 128Mb.<SPAN 
      class=937503514-05062001><FONT 
      face=Arial>The blade is a nice machine, 
      really nice for a workstation as it has USB and some newer features, but 
      considerably smaller L1,L2 cache which makes it a bit slower for server 
      type apps than say a U10.<SPAN 
      class=937503514-05062001><FONT 
      size=-1>But it is still a great machine for the money, no questions 
      there.<FONT 
      face=Arial>Perfect for that task you 
      mentioned.  But i would recommend getting 128Mb 
      additional. <FONT 
      face="Times New Roman">"Walking on water and developing software from a 
      specification are easy if both are frozen." 
      Christopher R. Spence 
      Oracle DBA 
      Fuelspot 
      
        <FONT 
        size=-1>-----Original Message----- <FONT 
        face=Tahoma>From: Ivan_Rivera_at_doh.state.fl.us [<A 
        href="mailto:Ivan_Rivera_at_doh.state.fl.us">mailto:Ivan_Rivera_at_doh.state.fl.us] 
        Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 
        10:16 AM To: 
        Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <FONT 
        face=Tahoma>Subject: RE: 9i download 
         Paul and all others interested.  Ebay 
        seems to be a great source for used sun boxes, I've also noticed at 
        sun's site they have a new workstation for $999.  Now of course 
        you'd probably need more ram but this setup looks like it can handle and 
        run 9i, etc for testing purposes at home. Hardware guys out there could 
        you determine if this is enough? Thanks. Ivan Rivera 
        <A target=_blank 
        href="http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?cid=60357&catfocus=Desktops">http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?cid=60357&catfocus=Desktops