[SunRescue] Re: What to use bunches of New Netras for, was Re: New Netra

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Christopher Byrne writes:
. That
> being said, in order to get a 16 processor sun box I would need to by an
> E6500 which runs aroung $500k with 16 processors. Now obviously it's not
> going to preform like a 5500, but I'll bet you that it will neat a fully
> loaded 3500 under most conditions (six processors) and one of those bad boys
> sells for around $200k. It might even beat a fully loaded 4500 (under ideal
> conditions I'm sure it could)

i doubt it. you're forgetting the importance of ecache. the x1 has a 400mhz 
cpu with only 256k of ecache. that cripples it to a notable extent. 

the old 336mhz cpu's in my e4500's have 4M of cache per. the newer cpu's 
have 8megs. that makes a huge difference. 

but the points are well taken. you *can* build a rockin' little datacenter 
with a stack of these pups. i'm considering it for my next venture... 


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