Re: 10gR2 RHL4 on AMD opteron 64-bit or HP Itanium?

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:20:14 GMT
Message-ID: <iZ4mf.32991$Zv5.32752@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>

"HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message news:pan.2005.12.09.00.58.50.516802_at_telus.net...
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:35:44 +0000, Bob Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> That's exactly what I disagree with. What is Oracle's concept? RAC cannot
>> have more than 4 CPUs per node?
>
> What is cheaper:
>
> 1x16cpu box = $750K (1x 16-cpu E6900 @ $751k)
> 2x8cpu box = $750K (2x 8-cpu E4900 @ $375K)
> 4x4cpu box = $160K (4 4-cpu V440 @ 41K)
>
> These numbers MRSP from Sun.com
>

What does that have to do with whether Itanium is more scalable than Opteron or not?

If you were to make that kind of comparisons, at least check the hardware specs and add other costs as well. Received on Thu Dec 08 2005 - 19:20:14 CST