On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Stuart F. Biggar wrote:
Looking for a recommendation and/or suggestions/warnings for updating
a small deployment of SunRays in a university research group.
We currently have an old Sun 280R (dual 1.2 GHZ CPUs) running
Solaris 10 with SunRay Server. Major application is ENVI/IDL from
ITTVIS (formerly Kodak and RSI before that). Used for image display
(satellite) and data processing. ENVI can use OpenGL if available.
We also run some custom home grown fortran codes as well as a
licensed commercial code for which we have fortran source.
ENVI still runs only under SPARC on Solaris unless ITT has changed
things very recently. They do support certain Linux versions and
Windows.
I wonder if SunRay server running on Solaris 10 x86 on something
like a Sun x4170/x4270 would be an appropriate replacement for SunRay
on SPARC. ENVI/IDL would still run on the SPARC but be displayed
via SunRay on x86. Are there any traps for the unwary that I would
need to consider?
What's the motivation for moving away from SPARC? I can see
wanting to replace the 280R IF it's overloaded, but why not get a
beefier SPARC machine? One can easily pick up (say) a V480 for $200
or so these days...Better I/O bandwidth and four US-III+ CPUs vs.
two. No recompilation, no porting headaches...and you've still got
an easy and inexpensive upgrade path from there if you really need
it. (V490, V880/V890, etc)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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