Re: ultra 10 or ultra enterprise II?

gerryt_at_vcn.bc.ca
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: 28 Sep 2005 11:16:30 -0700

Nic wrote:
> I've bought a second hand ultra enterprise II

You mean an Ultra 2?? Thats what it says on mine anyway.

> (256 MB, 1 processor
> installed). It has some problem at hard disk and the vendor can change it,
> no problem. Now he's proposing me to change this machine with an ultra 10
> (330 MHz, 512 MB Ram). I know the vendor is very honest guy, so I think the
> machine is proposing me is good, but for me is very hard to choice.
> Is the ultra enterprise II more difficult to find or what? Because I'm
> seeing the ultra 10 looks like a machine more powerful.

All info is at docs.sun.com if you really want to know, but you dont
have
enough RAM and RAM can be relatively expensive for an Ultra 2. Mind you
I have not priced Ultra 5/10 RAM so you might come out pretty even
there.

Both machines can run Solaris Express, the Ultra 2 is SCSI based and
can take up to 2 400 MHz CPUs (with a recent enough motherboard -
obtainable CHEAP on eBay) vs. a newer generation 440 MHz Ultra 5/10.
SBUS cards tend to be pretty inexpensive right now but the Ultra 2 is
fairly complete already - you might never need one.

So your main considerations might be:
RAM (cost) and 80 pin SCA SCSI drive availability. On eBay they tend to
be
cheap as dirt if they are 9-18 GB. You can fit 2 in the Ultra 2, and
it has a SCSI port out the back if you want to hang a cheapo
PC style SCSI tower off it... Those disks dont have to be Sun
branded.. Id use Sun branded internally though.
You dont say what CPU you have in there - a second one should be
inexpensive though. It wont add much horsepower to the box.
Start with RAM. I prefer the Ultra 2 as the offered 10 is bit low
end given the last ones were 440 MHz..

Ciao

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