Hi, > Just wonder, will old UNIX ( for example the UltraSparcs ) will give better > performance then new P4/AMD ? > Does Linux support such hardware well ?
As a rule of a thumb, from a pure performance point of view, a one year old Workstation ( originally $15K+ worth) will roughly have a performance of a high end PC ( $3K- worth), so I would not bother with old Ultra or old Alpha unless you plan to run Slowaris, Tru64 or HPUX etc... If you are looking for raw computtion power a cluster might be more adequate. Linux run best on i386 and it's well optimized for it, not to mention that all the commercial software is written for that platform only. If you plan on using Linux I would strongly reccomend the i386 platform ( AMD/Intel etc...). Bye Gal > > > Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > > Aviram, > > > > > > I would strongly suggest that your company will buy through eBay - TONS > > of > > > > hardware at unbelivable low prices. > > > > I would love to do it myself. > > > > *IF* it was practical. > > > > Unfortunately, it is not practical to buy a UNIX workstation from an > > unknown and foreign owner from America, ship it, etc. > > > > So the only we can do is to look at those UltraSparcs for $300/$400, be > > jealous, and spend thousands Dollars for a similar configuration here > > in Israel (for example, I was just offered a VERY old Ultra 2 WITHOUT > > any external stuff - no keyboard/mouse/screen - for $2000...). > > > > -- > > Eli Marmor > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CTO, Founder > > Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. > > __________________________________________________________ > > Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. > > Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 > > Mobile: +972-50-23-7338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
