Hi Jon,
> Since we can now buy dual processor multi-core servers, that have clock > speeds significantly higher than sparc, we have likely seen the last > sun/sparc media server in our datacenter. Unless I can convince > management that the T2000 is a good idea and a great price, but this one > is going to be a political issue instead of a technical one. It's a shame the Niagara CPU was not built for multi CPU servers. The T2000 is fast but in a multi CPU box it would be amazing. That's why SUN is bringing out the ROCK and the Niagara 2 (also known as Huron I believe ?) due this month in Aus. I think you can bank on the Niagara 2 boxes but it's early days for the Rock. The Rock brings big promises and I hope it delivers. SUN certainly did have a low point for a while but I believe they are doing well to get out of it and I am happy with their new products. I am also looking forward to playing with their new boxes. I wouldn't give up on them just yet. Dom -----Original Message----- From: Jon Bousselot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 6 October 2007 8:24 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup on Linux (RH4) vs. NetBackup on Solaria I have been using NetBackup on Sun/Sparc hardware since version 3.2, and a majority of my challenges came from the clients. It got easier when Windows 2000 became the normal windows client, and I started using LTO media. Solaris 9 and 10 have been very stable deployments as well, and 10 is supposed to have a faster tcp stack. The x86 systems are clearly faster in GHz compared to current sparc systems, and I think you still pay a premium license to Veritas for using sun/sparc hardware for media servers. Current sun hardware has some impressive internal bandwidth speeds, but this assumes you can effortlessly get the data into the media server and back out to a tape or disk. Internal bandwidth might win in a bake-off if you are trying to see which server can buffer data faster in memory. Over the years, I have appreciated how sun/sparc/solaris systems behave like big computers and less like a PC. The newest Dell/Sun x86 systems have integrated lights out managers, which will let you see the last thing your dying server said before going down, which helps diagnose hardware faults that would otherwise be lost on a headless x86 system running linux. Since we can now buy dual processor multi-core servers, that have clock speeds significantly higher than sparc, we have likely seen the last sun/sparc media server in our datacenter. Unless I can convince management that the T2000 is a good idea and a great price, but this one is going to be a political issue instead of a technical one. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
