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Hi Steve,

We've had the same problem: a lot of DG machines, and we had to find a replacement. We also have Clarion disk cabinets, and that was one of the reasons we chose for SUN. Don't worry about the quality: SUN is at least as good as DG (in our experience). I don't know anything about the prices, though, so I can't tell you what you can get for under 20K, but I suppose that if you order the same machine from SUN (4 CPU's and 1Gb RAM), performance will be about the same.

HTH, Remco

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Van: Steve McClure [mailto:smcclure_at_usscript.com] Verzonden: donderdag 29 november 2001 21:55 Aan: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Onderwerp:

Hello All,
It has been a while since I have been here, but I am back and properly s ubscribed to the list again. I am looking to draw from your experiences here with hardware. Our current database resides on a Data General Aviion
system with a Clarion drive cabinet. While we are very pleased with the system, and it's performance Data General is going the way of the Dinosaur,
so we need to look at other options. The ones most currently floated have
been the Sparc 880 or the 420R either configured with dual gigahertz processors. The IT manager has a desk piled high with marketing gobbledeegook, and has asked me if I know anything about either system. All
I have been able to do is assure him that Solaris is essentially UNIX, and
tell him I would check with some knowledgeable folks here about the hardware. Our DG box sports a Gig of RAM, and 4 300 mhz Intel processors.
The best thing by far about our system is the Clarion drive cabinet that handles all our drives. The good news is I hear our cabinet is compatible
with Sun hardware, so that might come right along with us. I have done a
bit of internet searching, and seen these Sun boxes priced under 20K. My
question is this. Are these serious platforms for a business currently handling 10K OLTP transactions a day, and looking to double or triple that
volume within two years?

Steve McClure

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