You can even keep your old server if you go the Linux route,
it will be faster and more reliable
>
> I Also would not forget about linux. If All you need is a VOB
> server you can do
> that with CC 4.0 and for the price of the sun you can get
> quite a nice PC and
> add a disk array. The only thing thats missing from the
> production linux at the
> moment is a journaled filesystem but that should be released
> soon. The pentium
> linux machine on my desk is much faster than the 2 CPU sgi
> octanes i work with
> for CPU intensive tasks.
>
> Greg
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: navjeet swatch [SMTP:nswatch@hotmail.com
> >> Subject: [cciug] Advice on choosing a UNIX server for Clearcase
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I want to move from our NT based clearcase server with NT clients
> >> environment to a UNIX clearcase server with NT clients
> environment. I want
> >>
> >> to store the VOBs on the UNIX server but the dynamic views
> locally on the
> >> NT
> >> clients. I hope this is possible.
> >>
> >> So I need to give my manager a spec for a suitable UNIX
> machine. Our
> >> requirements are:
> >>
> >> 1. up to 50 users.
> >> 2. Currently no Multisite but maybe in the future. We may
> need to work
> >> with
> >> a site in the US which will probably have an NT only setup
> >> 3. The VOB/View storage area is currently 6.5GB. Assume
> that may double
> >> eventually.
> >> 4. We have 10Mb Ethernet
> >>
> >> I hope that's enough to spec the machine !
> >>
> >> I have already obtained a quote for a used Sun UltraSPARC2
> 1200, 200MHz,
> >> 448
> >> MB RAM, 25GB HD. Does this spec sound about right based on the
> >> requirements
> >> above ?
> >>
> >> I would prefer Sun as I get the impression that there is
> more Sun users
> >> out
> >> there than most other makes of UNIX machine. Any opinions on that ?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Navjeet Swatch
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