Re: Ultra 5/10 vs Ultra 60 for workstation.


Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> I am looking to get a *cheap* ultra based workstation to mess about
> with. Considering the Ultra 5/10 or 60. Any thoughts about the relative
> merits of the two?
> The Ultra 5/10 has the advantage of large cheap disks,

and a disadvantage of not being able to use them : <
I believe the hard limit is about 120 GB from memory.
Lest we forget we are talking SLOW IDE here as well.

> although I
> probably have a 36 GB disk I can use and have a mate who can often get
> me a freebie 36 GB disk, so the more expensive SCSI disks are not such a
> disadvantage.

Dual 36 GB SCSI for OS aint too shabby : >

For bulk storage you can purchase an inexpensive USB 2.0 card and add
external USB drives with none of the restrictions of the internal Ultra
5
which will only easily fit a single drive..

> Just interested in other comments about the two machines for a second
> workstation. I have a quad processor U80 as a main machine.

With the U60 youd have a comparable machine to the 80...
I dont think youd gain anything from the 5.

.

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