[Sunhelp] Purchasing Sun Ultra 5 for learning/testing. -Need recommendation

[Kevin Fujinami]

james,

thanks for your suggestions.

what types of apps are you running on that Ultra 5 box?  are you running
solaris 7 with workstation license or server?

I was told that if I allow users to access web or database services, I need
the server license.

do you know if the Solaris 7 server licensed software offers more
functionality?

kevin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of James Lockwood
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 2:03 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Purchasing Sun Ultra 5 for learning/testing.
> -Need recommendation
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Kevin Fujinami wrote:
>
> > I am planning to purchase a Sun Ultra 5 with the 333Mhz chip ,
> 2mb of cache,
> > and 128mb of RAM.  I want to learn more about Solaris operating
> system, sun
> > hardware, and install web servers and oracle databases.
>
> Good machine.  I'm typing on one right now, identical config.
>
> > Does anyone have any comments on the Ultra 5 box?  will I need
> more memory?
> > or any other suggestions?
>
> For serious DB work memory will help.  Even with the relatively fast
> internal IDE drive (7200RPM) swapping seems to hurt performance more than
> with SCSI disks.  An inexpensive Symbios 53c875 SCSI card would be the
> first thing I would recommend if you think you will expand your storage or
> get faster disks.
>
> The Ultra 5 has been bashed a lot for it's PC-like attributes, but the
> fact remains that it provides a lot of power for the cost.
>
> -James
>
>
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