[geeks] sigh.

Michael Conlen meconlen at obfuscated.net
Thu Apr 18 11:07:38 CDT 2002


IIRC The 3500 uses FC of some sort (FC-S or FC-AL??????) for the internal
drives and the 3000 uses SCSI.

> -----Original Message-----
>
> the Ex00 is 83/100mhz only, while the exx00 adds 90mhz, as well as
> possibly other speeds, there are quite a few other minor differences (the
> e3500 is 5slots where the e3000 is 4slots), anything I'm missing?  The
> ex500 is just a minor updateing really.
> 	Nick
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 nick at snowman.net wrote:
> >
> > > Gah.. and my E3000 will only have 2x250... I feel so..
> .small.  Maybe I'll
> > > talk myself into a second & third proc board...
> >
> > What's the difference between an Ex000, and the Ex500 system of the same
> > "x"?  I know the Ex000 systems were discontinued[1] a while back, but I
> > don't recall what Sun was cheering about when they ushered in the new
> > Ex500 machines.
> >
> > I'm asking because I have the opportunity to get an E3000 (6x250, 1.5GB)
> > for relatively cheap, and I'm wondering if there are any huge gotchas
> > that'll have me disappointed.
> >
> > --Jonathan
> > [1] For values of "x" not equal to 10.
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