On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 12:29 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
The specs: USIIi 248MHz, 384MB RAM, 2x4.2GB UW SCSI drives).
And it should be noted these are II"i" processors/interconnects. Not nearly as capable in the interconnect-I/O as a true II (let alone III/IV).
Now, if you're going to compare the E4500 to Intel hardware, you need to look at high-end Proliants and PowerEdges of that time period, not modern Dell PowerEdges. Hmmm, there weren't any comparable Intel servers in that time period (with the exception of Sequent's Dynix stuff that ran dozens of 66Hz 486's and cost a mint). And when you (we) are donated 30 Ultra 30 workstations, you (we) use them.
I still take in 4+ way UltraSPARC II systems when I'm at companies. They are many tasks where their distributed interconnects are very useful.