Leigh, On 4/5/06 9:23 PM, "Leigh Dyer" <leigh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We've got a Sun Fire V40z and it's quite a nice machine -- 6x 15krpm > drives, 4GB RAM, and a pair of Opteron 850s. This gives us more than > enough power now for what we need, but it's nice to know that we can > shoehorn a lot more RAM, and up it to eight CPU cores if needed. We have one of these too - ours is signed by Scott McNealy. > The newer Sun Opteron systems look nice too, but unless you're using > external storage, their little 2.5" hard drives may not be ideal. Yes - but they end-of-lifed the V20z and V40z! One big problem with the sun line in general is the tiny internal storage capacity - already too small on the V40z at 5/6 drives, now ridiculous at 4 SAS drives on the galaxy series. - Luke
