From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 17:16:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA08313 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 17:16:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA08306; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 17:16:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199702130116.RAA08306@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UltraSPARC and MicroSPARC vs Pentium Pro ? To: craig@ProGroup.com (Craig Shaver) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 17:16:08 -0800 (PST) Cc: mcwong@hotmail.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <330205BC.446B9B3D@ProGroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at Feb 12, 97 10:02:37 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Craig Shaver wrote: > > I don't care about your benchmarks that much. How mission critical is > the application? I have set up Sun Enterprise and SparcStations to use > as web servers and the like. A lot will depend on the usage of the www > server. If it is imperative that the server be available *all* of the > time, I would go with the Sun equipment. This has nothing to do with > processor speed, or the differences between Solaris and FreeBSD. Intel > equipment varies by manufacturer to manufacturer. The Sun stuff that I > have worked with just keeps on going. > > However, if the server is not that mission critical, and you are not > hitting it with huge amounts of cgi, then go with the Intel stuff. Just > take some time to pick some good equipment. Talk to this guy about > buying the right parts: > > "Rodney W. Grimes" BUY the machine from Rod. his charges are very reasonable. the machine will be rock solid. much better than buying an overpriced underperforming sun. jmb