[Suns-at-Home] Sun E4500

[David Barnes]

Hi Ben... actually its in my bedroom (I have an apt).... its really  
NOT that loud... quieter than my E450 actually.. .and you are  
correct.. it does draw some power.... but I would expect that with 6  
cpu's and that much memory.

Probably become a problem in the summer when it warms up around here..:)


David Barnes

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


On Mar 16, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Ben Lewis wrote:

>> How is the performance of this machine? Compared to say my E450?
>
> Hi David
>
> I think the performance is pretty good, we ran this model with  
> Oracle 8 and a telco xDSL provisioning application for several  
> customers who were really pushing them.
>
> Having one at home is a different story unless you have a suitable  
> garage or a basement (or a really big house). For me it's not  
> really worthwhile booting my E4500 up when I can run things  
> (oracle, bea weblogic, tomcat etc) on an Ultra 5 for much less  
> noise output and power input. Ok everything takes a little longer  
> to come up but it's worth the wait just to keep the noise down.
>
> If you have a cat 5 wired garage or basement (like I wish I had)  
> then it's a great machine.
>
> Best regards
>
> Ben
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