[rescue] intel vs. sun- for real

[s at avoidant.org]

George Adkins wrote:

> How about 8 U1E's? 170's or 200's.
> They should be able to take all the data you can push through a network
> interface, and they will handle 73 gig drives. (one each)
> 
> I'm making the assumption that your machines are on fast-E, not Gigabit or
> SAN.


They're currently on Fast-E, but we really wanna go Gig. Also, I meant
eight 73G drives EACH (plus boot drive). 

Can a U1E keep up with zipping and unzipping that much data constantly
(zipping on the way in, and unzipping to move to tape)?

Which reminds me, in case I can't come up with a suitable (affordable)
SPARC replacement for these machines, are any Gig-E cards supported
under Sol8/ x86?

Thanks!


---sambo