[rescue] Sun 711

[Shawn Wallbridge]

I am not sure what else to use. We need good video performance, so that
rules out ServerWorks (what would have been my first choice). I checked
Intel's site and didn't see many options.

My boss knows people doing the exact same thing, with the same software we
intend to use. He said "I need a machine that can sustain 300MB/s". That's
what I am looking for.

shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Monty Walls
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:08 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun 711


On Wed, 1 May 2002 18:07:48 -0500
"Shawn Wallbridge" <swallbridge at franticfilms.com> wrote:

> Yup. x86. No choice. The software only runs under Windows.
>
> Basically this is going to be a video playback machine. 2048x1556
> uncompressed tiffs x 30fps. Steady. It CAN'T drop frames or it is useless.
> The 'plan' so far is.....
>
> Dual 1.6GHz Athlon MP's on a Tyan Tiger MPX (64/66)

Can the PCI chipset handle 300MB/s ?  I don't believe AMD 760's can
handle it.

Additionally from personal burn marks, watch out for latency hiccups from
your OS, Most OS's aren't real good about real-time type behavior...


> 2GB Ram
> 2xU160 RAID controllers
> 16-24 36GB 15k Cheetah's
> Radeon 8500 (I have no idea why ATI)
> 24" Sony monitor
>
> I am just trying to find something to put the drives in. I would like to
get
> a couple 711's, but I need to know if they will operate at U160 or not (I
am
> checking docs.sun.com now).
>
> I was thinking FC-AL, but then I need to find an enclosure, cards that can
> do 150MB/s (I have no clue about FC-AL). And ensure my boss that I can get
> it all working.
>
> shawn
>

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