[rescue] Sun 711

[Chris Byrne]

Actually George, the only compaq machine that would have both the PCI bus
bandwidth (at least two 64/66 busses) and the number of slots needed (at
least two on each bus) is the new DL590/64. All the other systems only have
two 64/66 slots or all their 64/66 are on one bus, or some other combination
that wont work for sustained 300MB/s.

Actually its a pretty impressive little machine for an intel box. 4x800
itanium, 64gb max ram, 4 pci busses. 2x733 configs start at 20k with a gig
of ram. Not bad really, if it had a working ans supported OS.

Chris Byrne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of George Adkins
> Sent: 02 May 2002 03:25
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun 711
>
>
> Sorry to reply to myself, but...
>
> >
> > Hey, why not a Compaq system with a Smart Array 5300 Controller in it,
> > (PCI-64/66 with 4xU160 channels on it)?
>
> The ML750 comes in a tower, and supports 10 64 bit PCI slots, 2 of them
> 66mhz, as well as 21 internal U160 Drive bays (IIRC configureable
> for up to 6
> channels, but at a minimum, three channels internally)
>
> >
> > Or one of the larger newer systems (like the ML730 or was it
> 750...?) with
> > PCI-X and one or two Smart Array 5312's (Dual Channel U160 on PCI-X)
>
> Sorry, it was the DL 760 that has PCI-X, you'd need external
> Drive Chassis
> for it. (not to mention it's rackmount.)
>
>
> > That should get you the Disk Bandwidth...
> >
> > George
> George
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