Um, chances are it's optical given the distance limitations of Gigabit Ethernet over copper.
It might be the same physical network, but they did say it is switched so I can't imagine they won't have it VLAN'd all to hell to keep things separate, given the amount of nodes there might be a bit of excess broadcast traffic otherwise.
Exactly,.88 really is not all that great of a skidpad rating, guess they wanted to emulate the handling of a 77 camaro with a big-ass engine that has REO Speedwagon and Night Ranger stickers in the back window or something.
It's just 50NS ECC EDO for a ultra 5/ultra 10, (might be buffered can't recall but it was on the ultra 2's) This Sun Blade 100 uses Cheap PC133 RAM though (maybe ECC, they don't say, but as it's Sun it's certainly possible) Here's a snip from the FAQ on Sun's site.
1. Can the memory used in the Ultra 5 or Ultra 10 be used on the Sun Blade 100? Can I use the memory from other Sun systems?
No. The memory "type" used for the Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 is EDO, or Extended Data Out. The memory type for the Sun Blade 100 is PC133. Sun's older systems also use a different memory type, typically FPM, or Fast Page Mode. This memory type also will not work with the Sun Blade 100.
2. Is this memory proprietary?
No. The memory used in the Sun Blade 100 is industry standard.
3. Why buy Sun memory?
This family of memory products are priced competitively and are tested, approved and qualified by Sun.
(Competetively priced my ass!)
As for that I think that's it's bunch of crap, chances are you have access to some pc133, slap it in and see if it causes problems. I'm willing to bet it won't unless it requires ECC SDRAM. If you're worried, buy some good RAM like Mushkin. (or whatever floats your boat)
Monitorwise, any decent new monitor will work fine as new sun boxes use a Standard DB15 vga connector (well not with a creator 3D card, but the ultra 10 where I used to work had one, and the Sun branded monitor that came with it had a DB15 connector and a 13W3 adapter to connect it to the Creator 3D card.) I've used Viewsonic P810's and P815's just fine with Ultra 5's and 10's though.
Yeah 500's a bit steep, especially considering the fact that these use plain old pc133 SDRAM. (Read the info on Sun's site if you don't believe me there, they have a FAQ on whether or not Ultra 5/Ultra 10 memory will work on these) Shit for 500 bucks I could have a gig o' ram and money to spare vs their pissant upgrade to 256 megs. Looking through the specs, this thing is everything an ultra 5 is (and a bit more, twice the HD size and faster cpu, faster CDrom, firewire, usb, and smartcard reader standard) and half the price plus it's probably cheaper to add on to if you don't buy the parts straight from Sun.
And lets not forget that wonderful fortified wine sold as Cisco, hell I drank that stuff long before I heard of any Cisco on Tasman Drive in San Jose. Although the Cisco wine tends to throw your brain in a routing loop, wonder if that would qualify as competition?
They're not even a real country anyway!
Usually MS FUD is silly, this is downright idiotic. That's like saying that musicians without a recording contract shouldn't be allowed to play or think up new music. What a joke.
Not planning exactly, all their products for the commercial variants of unix have been ported to linux. They're working with the licensing aspect of the issue right now and when that's resolved they are expected to be released. I was told this by a Veritas Employee so I believe it's fairly accurate. With VM and VCS on Linux for High Availability, it could be great for Linux in terms of Enterprise usage.
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Um, chances are it's optical given the distance limitations of Gigabit Ethernet over copper. It might be the same physical network, but they did say it is switched so I can't imagine they won't have it VLAN'd all to hell to keep things separate, given the amount of nodes there might be a bit of excess broadcast traffic otherwise.
Exactly, .88 really is not all that great of a skidpad rating, guess they wanted to emulate the handling of a 77 camaro with a big-ass engine that has REO Speedwagon and Night Ranger stickers in the back window or something.
It's just 50NS ECC EDO for a ultra 5/ultra 10, (might be buffered can't recall but it was on the ultra 2's) This Sun Blade 100 uses Cheap PC133 RAM though (maybe ECC, they don't say, but as it's Sun it's certainly possible) Here's a snip from the FAQ on Sun's site. 1. Can the memory used in the Ultra 5 or Ultra 10 be used on the Sun Blade 100? Can I use the memory from other Sun systems? No. The memory "type" used for the Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 is EDO, or Extended Data Out. The memory type for the Sun Blade 100 is PC133. Sun's older systems also use a different memory type, typically FPM, or Fast Page Mode. This memory type also will not work with the Sun Blade 100. 2. Is this memory proprietary? No. The memory used in the Sun Blade 100 is industry standard. 3. Why buy Sun memory? This family of memory products are priced competitively and are tested, approved and qualified by Sun. (Competetively priced my ass!) As for that I think that's it's bunch of crap, chances are you have access to some pc133, slap it in and see if it causes problems. I'm willing to bet it won't unless it requires ECC SDRAM. If you're worried, buy some good RAM like Mushkin. (or whatever floats your boat) Monitorwise, any decent new monitor will work fine as new sun boxes use a Standard DB15 vga connector (well not with a creator 3D card, but the ultra 10 where I used to work had one, and the Sun branded monitor that came with it had a DB15 connector and a 13W3 adapter to connect it to the Creator 3D card.) I've used Viewsonic P810's and P815's just fine with Ultra 5's and 10's though.
Yeah 500's a bit steep, especially considering the fact that these use plain old pc133 SDRAM. (Read the info on Sun's site if you don't believe me there, they have a FAQ on whether or not Ultra 5/Ultra 10 memory will work on these) Shit for 500 bucks I could have a gig o' ram and money to spare vs their pissant upgrade to 256 megs. Looking through the specs, this thing is everything an ultra 5 is (and a bit more, twice the HD size and faster cpu, faster CDrom, firewire, usb, and smartcard reader standard) and half the price plus it's probably cheaper to add on to if you don't buy the parts straight from Sun.
And lets not forget that wonderful fortified wine sold as Cisco, hell I drank that stuff long before I heard of any Cisco on Tasman Drive in San Jose. Although the Cisco wine tends to throw your brain in a routing loop, wonder if that would qualify as competition?
They're not even a real country anyway! Usually MS FUD is silly, this is downright idiotic. That's like saying that musicians without a recording contract shouldn't be allowed to play or think up new music. What a joke.
Not planning exactly, all their products for the commercial variants of unix have been ported to linux. They're working with the licensing aspect of the issue right now and when that's resolved they are expected to be released. I was told this by a Veritas Employee so I believe it's fairly accurate. With VM and VCS on Linux for High Availability, it could be great for Linux in terms of Enterprise usage.