On 4/8/2011 4:50 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, J.P. King wrote:
I can't speak for this particular situation or solution, but I think
in principle you are wrong. Networks are fast. Hard drives are
slow. Put a
But memory is much faster than either. It most situations the data
would already be buffered in the X4540's memory so that it is
instantly available.
Bob
Certainly, as a low-end product, the X4540 (and X4500) offered unmatched
flexibility and performance per dollar. It *is* sad to see them go.
But, given Oracle's strategic direction, is anyone really surprised?
PS - Nexenta, I think you've got a product position opportunity here...
PPS - about the closest thing Oracle makes to the X4540 now is the X4270
M2 in the 2.5" drive config - 24 x 2.5" drives, 2 x Westmere-EP CPUs, in
a 2U rack cabinet, somewhere around $25k (list) for the 24x500GB SATA
model with (2) 6-core Westmeres + 16GB RAM.
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