On 15 Jul 2006 04:42:03 -0700 "sparcbox" <sparcbox@gmail.com> wrote:
> E35Ks). Adminning is just a small part of my roles as I'm part owner
> of a small company,
^^^^^

....
> I'm also thinking that I'd like to go with Solaris 10. Does anyone
> have any thoughts regarding OS? I've got Solaris 8 running now on my
> E3500 and a fresh copy of Solaris 10 on an ultra10 that I use to play
> with.

S10 is so much better than the previous generation, if your app isn't
tied to an earlier version you really must upgrade. I get the
impression you're value conscious as well, so you should realize
that anything before S10 is very expensive. IIRC on the order of $100k
(you need the max license regardless of how many CPUs you actually use),
which is probably 5-10x what you paid for the hardware.

If you're only using a single domain, why the E10K over newer (Opteron)
hardware. Power costs are likely to be quite expensive for the E10K.

-frank