navjeet swatch wrote:
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> 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 ?
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> 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 ?
>
I think that a Sun is an overpriced, low functionality, hard to support
platform, mostly do to the hardware itself (not that Solaris is any great
piece of software, don't get me started about their Y2K that breaks
working software).
What we have been using here for several years are PC's. We build up
nice "server" configuration Pentium boxes with fast raid disks. You can
actually build up several and have a complete hot spare for the price
of a single Sun system. Reasonable cpu performance, as much memory
as you can get, and fast disk/net performance is what you need. Actually,
clearcase isn't all that cpu intesive (it has some bottlenecks that
you are advised to avoid no matter what platform you are using).
If you're not into configuring it all yourself, you can even just call
up DELL and order one out of the box. Install UNIXWARE and CLEARCASE
and you're off and running.
We use UNIXWARE as the operating system which has been supported by
Rational for several years now. We have a few at 2.1 and one at 7.
Support out of SCO/NOVELL has been much better (not that we've needed
much).
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