Andre van Eyssen wrote:
> On 2008-04-07, Damon Getsman <dgetsman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have recently installed Solaris 10 on a Sun Enterprise 3500 server
>> system that was sitting unused in our hardware stores here. Primarily
>
> [snip]
>
>> If, indeed, the x86-64 architecture does seem to be the better
>> solution, what kinds of server implementations would I see better
>> performance from the sparc with 4 processors on?
>
> [snip]
>
> You'd need to use an x86 of similar vintage to the E3500 to compare the
> architecture, really. The E3500 is an old machine indeed, despite having more
> RAM than the average PC. A new x86 based machine will have a lot more CPU
> power than the E3500, especially if it has the same number of CPUs. A quad
> Opteron with 8Gb of RAM would kill it completely. On the other hand, a quad
> Pentium Pro wouldn't get anywhere near the throughput of the E3500.
>
> It's not a reasonable comparison, but I will note that even the old E3500 will
> still churn through a good amount of work, and the hardware is very reliable -
> they tend to live on for a long time.
>
> If you do want to benchmark it, I'd suggest using one of the Oracle benchmarks
> - they're a good workout for the system. Why not post the results back here?
>

Doesn't Oracle prohibit publication of such benchmarks? The last time I
had any contact with Oracle was 2004 and, at that time, publishing
benchmark results involving Oracle was prohibited. Check your contract
with Oracle before you get into expensive legal trouble!!