Re: A couple of Galaxy questions

From: CJT (abujlehc_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 09/23/05 

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:45:59 GMT

Rich Teer wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Frank Cusack wrote:
>
>
>>On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:21:38 GMT Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Frank Cusack wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Why wouldn't you just PXE boot? Rather easy to setup a boot server.
>>>
>>>Not when mine is the only Solaris x86 machine in the building. :-)
>>
>>huh? You said you had the 4100 and your ferrari. Is your ferrari not
>
>
> I think wires are getting crossed. I don't have *any* Galaxy servers
> at the moment. But I am considering the purchase of one, and I need
> 4 hard drives. I'm just hoping to avoid the extra cost of the X4200
> over the X4100. Whatever machine I get, will be placed in a remote
> co-lo faciity here in town. I'm just a regular (small) customer there,
> so I have absolutely no say over what equipment they use.
>
> The idea was that if I need to boot from alternative media, could I use
> my Ferrari (which I'd take to the data center), given that I don't want
> to set it up as a regular boot server, and there are no other boot
> servers in the facility.
>
>
>>running Solaris? For shame. (Also, SPARC server works just as well to
>
>
> Heh, this is ME we're talking about. Of course my Ferrari runs Solaris!
>
>
>>boot x86 clients.)
>
>
> That I know too, but I very much doubt the other customer in the
> colo facility that uses Solaris (on SPARC as it happens) would be
> willing to let me boot from their server. I wouldn't let them use
> mine. :-)

You could probably find an Ultra 5 for less than the price of a DVD
drive and use that.
>
> Now, here at home where I'd perform the inital install and setup,
> none of the above is a problem as I'd net boot as normal. I'm just
> thinking of situations in the colo facility when both boot disks
> are knackered.
> 

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