[geeks] Daily Dose of Unix

[Bjorn Ramqvist]

"William S." wrote:
> 
> > > I'm not convinced of that.  SGI has some seriously rocking database installs
> > > using Origin systems - that's what they're used for really.  The Onyx
> > > systems are desinged for visualization, while Origins are huge honking data
> > > movers.
> >
> > I'd say, Alpha EV68C/EV7, Tru64 and Oracle. That's a rush, believe me.
>                  ^^^^^
> Would this be a DS25/GS45?

DS25 and ES45, yes.

> Are either one of these in the range of being affordable
> by a hobbiest yet? Sources?

Nope. Won't be either for quite some time.
However, I think this discussion went farther from that area of
interest, discussing architectures instead.

/Bjorn