Re: [TCLUG:18699] Intel vs Sun

[Joseph Heil <heilja@varsityonline.com>]

Ok.  Here's a little bit more of info.  Im trying to build a very high 
available load balanced website, where the content is published through
Apache, ColdFusion and Oracle.  A basic setup is this: Apache and CF on
one box and Oracle on the other.  I need a solution that can expand both
the webserver/cf server and Oracle server independant of each other.
I envision the Oracle server supporting 2 to 8 webservers/cf servers.  I
also envision that multiple Oracle servers( currently there is only one )
will then use native Oracle replication services to distribute data
content to the other Oracle servers.   So I could have at a mininum
6 boxes, 4 webservers and 2 database servers.  My current choices are
Intel/RedHat or Sun Solaris,  all servers will be of one hardware vendor.
My biggest problem is that the licensing of Oracle is sensitive to 
the mhz speed.  So I need to research the most cost effective solution
to get the biggest cpu/mhz bang in the Intel or Sun environment.  Changing
Apache, ColdFusion, and Oracle are not options. 


Quoting Yaron (jethro@freakzilla.com):
>   Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Joseph Heil wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody know of a good resource where I can compare Intel processors
> > verse Sun processors?
> 
> You don't want to compare Intel CPUs to Sun CPUs. That won't really tell
> you anything abouyt real-life performance of a server. You want to look
> for something that compares a complete Sun Server with an Intel-based
> server, and you want to look at specific servers (Sun Ultra10, IBM
> Netfinity, etc). 
> 
> That said, when it comes to low-end machines like Sun's Ultra5/10, I feel
> that you can get an Intel-based machine for the same price that'll blow
> them out of the water. However, when you look at Sun boxes like
> E250/450/3500, I don't know that there are Intel-based machines that are
> even trying to share the market with them (I could be wrong though).
> 
> -Yaron
> 
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