[SunHELP] Ultra 1 or multimple CPUs on a Sparc20?

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

Just to add two other points.

1) U1 is 64bit, SS20 32bit

2) When the U1's came out it was reported that because the E version had a
different chipset due to wide SCSI & 100BaseT enet it also was more
efficient and ran progs effectively quicker than the non E versions. Not
sure exactly where the improvement cam from and this is purely word of
mouth, but gives weight to the E version. Also if you can find it go for the
200E which had the faster processor. IMHO the U1E was one of the best
machines for its time (cooling fan excepted) Sun have produced.

Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Frank-Christian Kruegel
Sent: 03 November 2001 11:28
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Ultra 1 or multimple CPUs on a Sparc20?


On Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:39:26 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>Which would be a better bet for running solaris?  A low end Ultra 1 or a
Sparc
>20 loaded with a dual or quad processor setup?

Try to get an Ultra 1 170/E with Creator 3D. This should be available for a
reasonable price, and this machine has
- a great graphics board (accelerated true color)
- Fast Ethernet (10/100 MBit hme)
- wide SCSI

With a non-Creator machine or an SS20 you would have to add these things
later
on and would pay more money for less power.

Mit freundlichen Gren

Dipl.-Ing. Frank-Christian Krgel
IstDa Kommunikationssysteme

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