Yes but if everything else is equal then clock speed does play a part. Love to use an Opteron but they're not supported so a non-starter.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen B Sent: 11 February 2005 18:17 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Has anyone played with/tested UniVerse 10+ under Solaris 10 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Matthews > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:59 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Has anyone played with/tested UniVerse 10+ under > Solaris 10 > > > We've been through a very similar exercise recently (as you've probably > guessed) and we came down to using IBMx445 servers with RHEL AS 3. > > As the clock speed of the SPARC is relatively low compared to a Xeon MP > we found that combination outperformed the Sun (and was a lot cheaper > once a large disk array was added in). There was nothing that Sun could > do to improve the performance due to Universe being compiled against a > very old solaris (7) version. Core clock speed, alone, is an irrelevant factor in the overall performance. It typically only makes a difference based on chip architecture, bus speed, memory access, and chipset performance. The Sun box is a RISC platform, right? I'd be interested in your comparison specs, if you can dig 'em up. I'd bet a few bucks that a dual Opteron(2.0Ghz-2.4Ghz) would smoke a Dual Xeon-MP of any current speed. I've never put them side by side with exactly the same peripheral hardware. A Xeon is basically just a Pentium on steroids. Have you looked at the Opteron whitepaper and architecture specs? The potential bandwidth those things have, as n-way configs, is totally awesome. I'm sure even a single 100 series, on a dual-board, will smoke a single Xeon. Check out the 800 series - if you've got a bottomless wallet, you can run an 8-way Opteron. *drool* > > You can probably imagine what the Sun engineers reaction to that was! He > wasn't very complimentary about IBM. > > Interestingly Solaris 10 is supposed to be able to run any Linux > application. > Hrm.. I find that hard to believe. ANY Linux binary? Glen ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ The information contained in this email is strictly confidential and for the use of the addressee only, unless otherwise indicated. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose to others this message or any attachment. Please also notify the sender by replying to this email or by telephone +44 (0)20 7896 0011 and then delete the email and any copies of it. Opinions, conclusions (etc.) that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. IG Markets Limited and IG Index Plc are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and, in Australia, by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
