[rescue] Solaris 9 U1, U5 (was regarding bulk lot purchases (Octanes & Ultras))

[Bill Bradford]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:57:03AM -0400, Katherine Strojny wrote:
> You know, I ruled out the U1 b/c the Sol 9 Sys Admin's Eval Guide "highly
> recommends" UltraSPARC at faster than 400 MHz.  I have Sol 8 on an oldish
> PC and it runs Java-based apps unusably slow, so I'm more than a little
> receptive to performance recommendations like that.  But maybe I'm being
> too hasty.
> My requirements are simple:
> 1) inexpensive
> 2) something that I can lift (unlike aforementioned SGI)

These two are easy.

> 3) runs Sol 9 including Java-based apps at speeds I can live with.

I have an 8x8 (8 x 400Mhz cpu, 8G ram) E6500 at work that doesent run
Java-based apps at reasonable speeds. 8-)  

> I was thinking U5 440 MHz or something.  I'd be interested in hearing how
> Sol 9 runs on a U1.  Umm, I can probably check the archives about Sol 8 at
> least, which shouldn't be that different ...

It runs fine... Sol9 is at least 10% faster than 8 on equivalent hardware
as far as I can tell.  I've installed it on a 900Mhz Blade 1000, a 500Mhz
Blade 100, a 300mhz Ultra 60, and am getting ready to install it on a 440Mhz
Ultra 10.

Bill

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Bill Bradford     
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