From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Wreski Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 03:31:59 +0000 Subject: Re: Ultra AXmp Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org > Based on early pricing estimates I've seen, it should be possible > to build a quad-processor @ 300+MHz, 2GB rackmount system for under > around $US 20K. > > I wonder what the equivalent quad-PPRO system would cost (even with > 400MHZ chips...)... I love the Ultra as everyone knows, but I have to > say, price talks bullshit walks... and Sun has a lot of trouble > learning this especially on the high end. How about two CPUs for $198,400? From this month's SunExpert: "The top-of-the-line Enterprise 6500 can hold a maximum of 30 CPUs, two 8.4-Gig disk boards (each containing two drives) more than 375 GB of rack-mounted storage in the system cabinet and 30 GB of memory. A basic configuration with 8.4 GB of internal storage, 256 MB of memory and two CPUs costs $198,400 for a 250-Mhz version, and $204,400 for a 336-Mhz version" Besides the ability to hold 30 GB of RAM, and 1/3 GB of disk, what could possibly make it so expensive? Does the Intel SMP arch support 30 CPUs? The picture is not very good, but it looks as high as a convention refrigerator. Dave