One of my current projects requires a system ideal for accessing a large database (1TB+) with a low amount of concurrent connections (1-10 simultaneous). We will be using an Oracle database with a license for a two processor machine.
It was recommended to us that we use a Sun Ultra 40 M2 running Solaris and the price tag on the machine spec'ed out and handed to me was over $7k.
I don't have the specs in front of me but the machine has about 6GB of memory. I really don't know anything about Sun machines besides the fact that they're expensive and eBay runs on them
It's also hard to find an honest review comparing Dell and Sun servers geared towards small businesses - perhaps I'm looking at the wrong websites. Is there any technical reason why we should opt for a Sun machine over a cheaper Dell machine? If there any advantages to using Solaris over some Linux variant, couldn't I just install Solaris on the Dell box?
Thanks
It was recommended to us that we use a Sun Ultra 40 M2 running Solaris and the price tag on the machine spec'ed out and handed to me was over $7k.
I don't have the specs in front of me but the machine has about 6GB of memory. I really don't know anything about Sun machines besides the fact that they're expensive and eBay runs on them
It's also hard to find an honest review comparing Dell and Sun servers geared towards small businesses - perhaps I'm looking at the wrong websites. Is there any technical reason why we should opt for a Sun machine over a cheaper Dell machine? If there any advantages to using Solaris over some Linux variant, couldn't I just install Solaris on the Dell box?Thanks
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