[rescue] Sun Fire 280R - dual 750mhz

[Andrew Sydelko]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:22:23 -0400
Francois Dion <fdion at atriumwindows.com> wrote:

> With the Sun V440 configured with 2 x 1.1GHz cpu (expandable to 4), 4 x 
> 36GB drives, 4GB of momery,  dvd-rom, rack kit selling for $9995, why is 
> the 280R still costing that much?

The processors in a V440 are UltraSparc IIIi with only 1MB of L2 cache.
http://www.sun.com/processors/UltraSPARC-IIIi/

The SunFire 280R has UltraSparc III processors with 8MB cache.
http://www.sun.com/processors/UltraSPARC-III/

--andy.