[Sunhelp] E6000 upgrade or new system?(CAPACITY PLANNING)

Mon Jan 17 14:04:24 CST 2000

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Deya,

What type of applications are running?  Are they truly CPU intensive?  Are they
memory or I/O intensive?  All of these factors need to be considered before
answers can truly be given about your environment.  Are you certain you need 8
more CPU?

Remember the following:

E4500
8 slots (possible configs below, not necessarily at the same time)
   up to 14 CPU
   up to 14 GB RAM
   up to 4 Disk boards
   up to 21 Sbus slots (3 per I/O board)
   up to 14 PCI slots (2 per I/O board)

Depending upon your requirements, you may want to know that the E5500 is the
same as the E4500; however, it is better suited for a data center since it comes
in an enterprise rack.  From the information that you have given, it does appear
that the additional E4500/5500 would suite your needs.  However, you need to
look further into whether the applications need relief through CPU, memory, or
I/O.  Another thought is to look into the E6500 as a replacement for the E6000
due to the increased RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) and
performance.

Marc D. Johnson
Forsythe Solutions Group

"Atawneh, Deyaeddin M" <ATAWNEDM at mail.aramco.com.sa> on 01/17/2000 02:24:12 AM

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Subject:  [Sunhelp] E6000 upgrade or new system?(CAPACITY PLANNING)

Hi Sun experts,

I have one question for interested people, We have E6000 system with 14 CPU
(366Mhz) and we want to run more applications on, we know that we need more
processing capacity to handle the new applications. My question is which is
better to add more CPU's to the current system or buying a new E4500
system??

I mean if we use 8 CPUS more, which is better to get the maximum performance
of it? on the same system or on new E4500???

Who can find or has info about the performance/number of CPUs graph or
tables for Sun systems.?

B.regards
Deya Eddin Atawneh.
Jeraisy UNIX account Supervisor.
ARAMCO/ Dhahran
)  :   (ATAWNEDM at mail.aramco.com.sa)
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