Re: Linux (was Re: How many people here use Itanium w VMS)

Just to keep this thread alive a little longer... I am trying to make
a choice between buying:

(a) An RX2660 Itanium server with 4GB RAM and a single dual core 1.4
GHz processor or

(b) an HP Proliant DL380 G5 housing two quad core Xeons at 2 Ghz with
4GB RAM (thanks to their free processor/double memory offers).

The Proliant server is quite a bit cheaper.

I am a contract software consultant. I intend to use the box primarily
as a development platform, although it will also act as a web-based
server/applications server/access point.

I'd like the option to be able to run OpenVMS, although I can't
justify this in business terms at the time. Does anyone think there is
a market out there for bringing Open Source programs to OpenVMS and
supporting them? This might be a valid revenue stream...

The questions I'd like to ask of your collective wisdom are:

1. What performance difference can I expect between the two boxes
(developing C/C++/Java applications).
2. How much emphasis should I place between the tradeoff between a
platform with less support (itanium) from ISVs under Linux but with
OpenVMS capability and a standard Xeon server with full support from
ISVs but no OpenVMS?
3. If I run SuSE 10 ES on the Itanium, is this going to be a
transparent experience compared with running SuSE 10.2 on x86?

Thanks for the help. I'm looking for someone to convince me that
buying the Itanium is a sensible move. :)

Regards, Mark.

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Relevant Pages

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