Re: Are Ultra 20s suitable for sysadmin training?

zcorce@xxxxxxx wrote:

I was hoping the new Ultra 20s would be more similiar to SUNs Ultra
Sparc.

Planning on the WOW factor of a new system would soften the blow of
expecting employeess to do training on tther own time.

When it comes to older systems I perfer the Ultra 2's - The main issue
being the disks brackets that make remvoing or inserting disks quick
and easy. Allowing multiple systems to be maintained at the expense of
several disks.


I believe that the Ultra 20 is an x86/x64 machine. Thank you Sun Marketing for the confusing name!!

If you can get Ultra 2s for a good price, and if they support all the O/S version you want to use, by all means do so.
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