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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> Specs are wrong, because they were written before larger disks were |
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> available. 2x18 works fine, and I think you will find people on this |
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> list who use larger. |
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> No, I don't use raid, but again, you will find people who do. |
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> Except for the M-for-G slip on memory, what I wrote is correct. (Specs don't |
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> allow for CDRW instead of CD, but the hardware |
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> doesn't care as long as it's SCSI, and Linux supports it.) |
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Ferris is correct - SCSI is SCSI is SCSI. It's not uncommon to find |
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people with two 72GB drives in their U2's. |
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I want to comment on this because I have just done a similar comparison in |
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looking for a good desktop box. I hope that this helps. Note: I own all |
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these boxes (or multiples thereof) and have spent way too much time |
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tinkering with them. Happy to answer any questions regarding these boxes |
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+ Gentoo. |
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Ultra1: Well built, cheap on ePay, very quiet. Excellent in a server |
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capacity, "so-so" in workstation configuration. Gentoo LOVES these boxes. |
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Decent expandability for a single proc box. |
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Ultra2: Best built, cheap on ePay, but LOUD. In a 10x10 office, it gets |
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old. In a larger room with other boxes, you may not notice. Excellent in |
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a server capacity, also excellent in workstation with 2x300/2M or faster |
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procs. Hands down the best box Sun ever made. VERY expandable. Gentoo |
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just zooms on this box. Excellent SMP operations. |
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Ultra5: PC-quality case, slow PCI, onboard graphics poor. Louder than |
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average PC. Good as a stackable single-use server. 333/2M is best proc |
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for overall, IMO. Not real expandable. Gentoo works. |
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Ultra10: OK case, but the implementation of the "lid" is poor. Quiet. |
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Crappy IDE/PCI. Decent as a workstation, ok as a server. Gentoo works. |
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Ultra30: Built like a tank - Heavy! Lots of room inside case. Almost as |
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loud as an U2. Good as a workstation or server. Probably tied with the |
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U60 as the second best machine Sun ever made. Gentoo loves this box. |
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Ultra60: Solid case - very similar to U30 except that you can have two |
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processors. Very fast. Good graphics options. Loud as U30. I'm on this |
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box right now - running Gentoo! |
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Blade 100: Nice to look at, but case is VERY flimsy. Power supply is |
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LOUD. All USB peripherals. Onboard gfx suck. You can barely squeeze a |
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SCSI card/drive into the case. Case fan is loud. Good luck trying to get |
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anything but Solaris to work as a workstation with this thing - especially |
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if you are using an Elite3d card. *puke* Gentoo works on every machine I |
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have BUT this machine. Decent as a workstation if you're running Solaris |
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or basic server functions. No idea why these things are still going for |
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$300 a pop on ePay. Buy a U2 instead. I run Solaris on this box. |
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If you really want some excitement in your life, put an e250 under your |
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desk. ZOOOOOM! Loud, but very fast and very expandable with procs, |
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memory and storage. Highly recommended - and Gentoo just rips along. |
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Okay, enough of my rant. |
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