> I'd love it if anyone can point me onto anything concrete - > - Something that doesn't work right with Dell servers running solaris > - Some benchmark that indicates the dell isn't as good .. > - Some admin who uses solaris/Dell and says everything is fine ... > Or something concrete like that ...
Actually, I have a little something here myself ... http://www.dell.com/solaris Indicates they're obviously serious about supporting solaris. They have Sun certify their hardware for compatibility, and they sell Sun solaris support contracts, direct with Sun. http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/solutions/DellM905SPECjbb0109.pdf Shows recent benchmarks Dell vs HP vs IBM. But where is the Sun representation? Conspicuously missing. And while I browse through sales & support ... For some reason, Dell's server product offering has really degraded. In a 4U configuration, they've eliminated the products I currently own (PE 2900) and the new products seem to be a step backward... they can reach a maximum 2TB storage, and SATA is not an option. In the 2U 2950 that they still offer, they're able to surpass that, to a meager 6TB maximum (raw, 6 disks). In fact, if you go with an 8 disk configuration, 1TB drives are not available, and disk7 and disk8 are each $999 for 600G which is appalling. Oy. The world is falling apart people. Sun, Netapp, Dell... have all taken a turn for the worse. What's next. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
