[Suns-at-Home] Sun E4500

[David Barnes]

Yes... I was surprised to learn in my research on this machine that  
it supports hot swap CPU modules... (well I assume the board at  
least... )

Yes I agree... I would rather have 6x 400mhz procs than a single ...  
as long as the machine can move I/O (which the 4500 was designed to  
do) you can get some serious work done.


David Barnes

davebarnes AT adelphia DOT net
OpenVMS  , Tru64 , Solaris , Linux , OS X , SGI Irix


On Mar 16, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote:

> At 09:48 AM 3/16/2007, Jerry Kemp wrote:
>> I don't have an E450, so I can't directly answer your question,  
>> but I am sure that you have already figured out, 6 * 400 MHz != to  
>> a 2.4 Ghz processor.
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> They may not be equal, but they are not that disparate either. six  
> processors running in parallel pack a pretty good whallop. Under  
> some circumstances - all other things being equal! - 6x400mhz could  
> be preferable to 1x2.4ghz - not the least being in a production  
> setting where downtime is a real problem. being able to swap out a  
> bad cpu without taking down the whole machine is....nice.
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> Paul Theodoropoulos
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