Najja
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Installing Solaris on an x86 machine and other performance issues
Hello There,
I'm very new to Solaris and please pardon me if my question sound stupid.
Can we install SUN Solaris (8 or 9) on an Intel x86 based machine. I know that x86 version of Solari is available, but my question is is there any particulay hardware compatibility is required for the installation.
I am planning to run a process which was running on a SUN Fire 286R server with 1.4 GHz Dual Processor, 8 MB Cache per CPU, 2 GB RAM, and 72 GB of HDD. Since the SUN hardware is expensing I am planning to run the same process on an Intel based machine with Solaris installed in it. Whut I am bothered about is the performace factor. Will the 8 MB Cache per processor in the Fire Blade make big difference if I'm using x86 based machine where the cache is only 512 K ???
Suppose, the process I'm running in the SUN Fire Blade 28R Server will take approx 2 hours to process 2 MB of Data (Text File), what will be the performace if I install solaris on a x86 based machine with following configuration following configuration:
2 x Intel Xeon 2.4 GHZ processor
2 GB HDD
36 GB HDD
Hope to hear from some of you experts soon.
Thanks in advance
Najja
I'm very new to Solaris and please pardon me if my question sound stupid.
Can we install SUN Solaris (8 or 9) on an Intel x86 based machine. I know that x86 version of Solari is available, but my question is is there any particulay hardware compatibility is required for the installation.
I am planning to run a process which was running on a SUN Fire 286R server with 1.4 GHz Dual Processor, 8 MB Cache per CPU, 2 GB RAM, and 72 GB of HDD. Since the SUN hardware is expensing I am planning to run the same process on an Intel based machine with Solaris installed in it. Whut I am bothered about is the performace factor. Will the 8 MB Cache per processor in the Fire Blade make big difference if I'm using x86 based machine where the cache is only 512 K ???
Suppose, the process I'm running in the SUN Fire Blade 28R Server will take approx 2 hours to process 2 MB of Data (Text File), what will be the performace if I install solaris on a x86 based machine with following configuration following configuration:
2 x Intel Xeon 2.4 GHZ processor
2 GB HDD
36 GB HDD
Hope to hear from some of you experts soon.
Thanks in advance
Najja
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I suspect that the large difference in cache will make a big difference in performance, but it does depend on the application.
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I wonder whether there is any cheaper SPARC based Servers available other that SUN.
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Thanx riaanvd,
I went through their range of products, but the site says nothing about the pricing. Also I'm scared about the level of support I can expect as I'm in India and the servers are available only in Europe. There's no local vendors. Being an EOU company, importing the servers is not an issue, but the service will be an issue
I went through their range of products, but the site says nothing about the pricing. Also I'm scared about the level of support I can expect as I'm in India and the servers are available only in Europe. There's no local vendors. Being an EOU company, importing the servers is not an issue, but the service will be an issue
Fujitsu is good hardware, but support could be an issue if there is not local vendors. Have you looked at resellers who sell refrurbished SUN kit? or even take a look at https://www.ebay.com
Is a SunBlade 1500 workstation (you can have up to 4GB RMA for it) cheap enough in
India? I think it is value for money.
India? I think it is value for money.
or look at a low end SunBlade 150.
Ever considered the low-end servers V210, V100, V120 or V60x / V65x ?
You can get original Sun servers for "Dell price" with these.
You can get original Sun servers for "Dell price" with these.
If you have any intel machines laying around I would suggest doing a bit of testing on them. A big part of the speed on sun is OS related and not just cpu related. You can also have a look at the V210 & the V240 which are also dual cpu systems, but much cheaper than the 280R's.