Fw: Re: Huge x86 servers vs. Alpha, SPARC, Power{3/4}

Yes, thanks, John!  We're "on it"

Adam -- not sure I found the name/email of the guy who sent this note ...
would you please send it to me so we can follow up.   Thank you!

************
Have a great day! and .... Enthusiasm is like a ripple in the water... It
spreads!


Anne C. Lucas, Project Exec, iSeries Nation and iSeries Marketing -
www.ibm.com/eserver/nation1
205/823-4831  T/L 537-9968,  eFax:  603-687-8053,  800/223-3907 Pager

Admin Assist:   Alice Sebastiano Telephone:  (914) 642-4109, tie line
224-4109 Fax:  (914) 642-6976, tie line 224-6976

----- Forwarded by Anne Lucas/Birmingham/IBM on 04/05/2002 03:36 PM -----

                      jpcarr@tredegar.c
                      om                       To:       Anne 
Lucas/Birmingham/IBM@IBMUS
                                               cc:
                      04/05/2002 02:11         Subject:  Fw:      Re: Huge x86 
servers vs. Alpha, SPARC, Power{3/4}
                      PM





You saw this one right Anne?

John



> Shoulda, Coulda Woulda....
> but IBM failed to return 2 phone calls.
> Compaq (Alpha) was quite snobby over the phone, and didn't have exatly
what we wanted
> (we would have had to go higher or lower).
>
> Sun OTHO treaded us very nicely (as did Dell, of course) and it looks
like
we're going to get a Sun Fire v880 with 4 CPUs.
>
> I was actually rooting for IBM first, Alpha second, SUn 3rd, but ho well,
that's life.
>
> It's all but purchased. Don't think we'll put Linux on it, at least not
right now.
>
> Too bad. I hear administering Solaris isn't fun. Bettern tha
nAdministering WINNT though :-)

----- Forwarded by John P Carr/FilmRich/Tredegar on 04/05/02 03:16 PM -----

                    "Adam Lang"

                    <aalang@rutgersinsu        To:
<midrange-l@midrange.com>
                    rance.com>                 cc:

                    Sent by:                   Subject:     Fw:      Re:
Huge x86 servers vs.
                    midrange-l-admin@mi        Alpha, SPARC, Power{3/4}

                    drange.com



                    04/05/02 01:47 PM

                    Please respond to

                    midrange-l







Ack!

This was a message on a Linux server group I am on.

The guy was asking for ideas on where to go for a Linux server.  It would
be
running a database ... they were speced out with Dell for about $100K.  He
actually wanted RISC as opposed to x86.

I told him go for the AS/400 running Linux.

IBM didn't return his calls.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "JW" <jw@centraltexasit.com>
To: <SERVER-LINUX@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Huge x86 servers vs. Alpha, SPARC, Power{3/4}


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> AL >Buy an AS/400 and run Linux on it.
> AL >
> AL >You'll have RISC architecture.
> AL >
> AL >You'll have the BEST hardware for DB/file performance.
> AL >
> AL >It's in your price range.
> AL >
> AL >You'll be cool.
>
> Shoulda, Coulda Woulda....
> but IBM failed to return 2 phone calls.
> Compaq (Alpha) was quite snobby over the phone, and didn't have exatly
what we wanted
> (we would have had to go higher or lower).
>
> Sun OTHO treaded us very nicely (as did Dell, of course) and it looks
like
we're going to get a Sun Fire v880 with 4 CPUs.
>
> I was actually rooting for IBM first, Alpha second, SUn 3rd, but ho well,
that's life.
>
> It's all but purchased. Don't think we'll put Linux on it, at least not
right now.
>
> Too bad. I hear administering Solaris isn't fun. Bettern tha
nAdministering WINNT though :-)
>
>
>
>
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> Clickpatrol.com
> Cedar Creek Software     http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
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