[rescue] Small servers (was Re: WTT: 1.5G of PC2700 for 1G of PC100)

[Robert Darlington]

That should've read...

"it's not like I'm not still a fan"   I really am.  I dig the old
hardware.  Can't say I like the current stuff though.

-Bob

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Robert Darlington
<rdarlington at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, no offense to Sun, but they don't really make high performance
>  systems that are affordable anymore.  Their high performance systems
>  are still just PC servers.  My 4 hour time to repair warranty on my HP
>  servers that I don't need because they never die is just as good as
>  the 4 hour time to repair warranty on my old suns (which I also never
>  needed).  They just cost a whole lot more.  As far as I'm concerned,
>  the only thing you buy when you buy Sun is a name we all used to know
>  and love and trust.  They're no better than Dell anymore when it comes
>  to servers, so why throw out the money?  JMHO.  I still fire up my
>  Ultra 2 and scream at all the gnu software that refuses to compile
>  with Forte, so it's not like I'm a fan.  I'm just a realist.
>
>  -Bob
>
>
>
>  On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Patrick Finnegan
>  <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
>  > On Sunday 04 May 2008, Robert Darlington wrote:
>  >  > Yep, and it's worth every penny of that license fee.  Too bad all
>  >  > software doesn't run on Sun :)
>  >
>  >  Huh?
>  >
>  >  How does software that runs on an HP x86 box not run on a Sun x86 box?
>  >
>  >  Pat
>  >
>  >
>  >  > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
>  >  wrote:
>  >  > > Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>  >  > > > I'd second that.  Having used Dell, HP, IBM, and Sun x86 boxes at
>  >  > > > work,
>  >  > >
>  >  > > Sun's lights-out management is by far the best of the bunch.  The
>  >  > > bios sending stuff out the serial port even works "properly;" it
>  >  > > doesn't just continuously dump the video memory out to the serial
>  >  > > port.  It sends just the proper update when things write stuff out
>  >  > > to the screeen, and IIRC, the cursor on your terminal actually
>  >  > > follows the one on the display.
>  >  > >
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  Also:  HP requires you to "license" the iLO stuff which means
>  >  > > keeping track of separate documentation and license strings.  While
>  >  > > Sun just has the capability right there, with no licensing crap.
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  --Patrick
>  >  > >
>  >  > >
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