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01-04-2008, 06:59 PM
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 Ultra10 vs 43p Hi there, Because I cannot afford any further SUN certification; anything beyond SCNA requires a very silly and very expensive instructor led course, I've decided to switch platforms. IBM seems to be quite attractive an alternative to Solaris; the _entire_ IBM certification curriculum is available in pdf format, free to download. Switching OS would imply switching hardware. Can anybody give me an educated 2 cents about whether swapping an "Ultra10 440Mhz" for an "RS/6000 43p model 140 233Mhz" would hardware wise constitute a fair deal, given the same amount of memory and disk space in both machines? Jae.      |
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01-04-2008, 06:59 PM
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| Re: Ultra10 vs 43p Jae Klaasen wrote: > > Hi there, > > Because I cannot afford any further SUN certification; anything beyond SCNA > requires a very silly and very expensive instructor led course, I've > decided to switch platforms. IBM seems to be quite attractive an > alternative to Solaris; the _entire_ IBM certification curriculum is > available in pdf format, free to download. > > Switching OS would imply switching hardware. > > Can anybody give me an educated 2 cents about whether swapping an "Ultra10 > 440Mhz" for an "RS/6000 43p model 140 233Mhz" would hardware wise > constitute a fair deal, given the same amount of memory and disk space in > both machines? Reasonably equivalent at a rough guess. The Sun has, I think, a faster CPU - I don't think the SPARC and the PPC differ that much in performance/MHz. But the IBM has SCSI disks while the Sun has IDE which IMO makes a difference. A 43P 140 won't run the latest AIX (5.2) but the Ultra10 will run the latest Solaris (9). This devalues the 43P somewhat. When AIX went from 5.1 to 5.2 a lot of old hardware got desupported. Sun have not done anything like this yet. Can't you keep the Sun and buy the 43P as well? They're only worth a few hundred dollars each. Regards, Ian |
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01-04-2008, 07:00 PM
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| Re: Ultra10 vs 43p Ian Northeast <ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3F270631.7D15D4E8@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk>... > Jae Klaasen wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > Because I cannot afford any further SUN certification; anything beyond SCNA > > requires a very silly and very expensive instructor led course, I've > > decided to switch platforms. IBM seems to be quite attractive an > > alternative to Solaris; the _entire_ IBM certification curriculum is > > available in pdf format, free to download. > > > > Switching OS would imply switching hardware. > > > > Can anybody give me an educated 2 cents about whether swapping an "Ultra10 > > 440Mhz" for an "RS/6000 43p model 140 233Mhz" would hardware wise > > constitute a fair deal, given the same amount of memory and disk space in > > both machines? > > Reasonably equivalent at a rough guess. The Sun has, I think, a faster > CPU - I don't think the SPARC and the PPC differ that much in > performance/MHz. But the IBM has SCSI disks while the Sun has IDE which > IMO makes a difference. > > A 43P 140 won't run the latest AIX (5.2) but the Ultra10 will run the > latest Solaris (9). This devalues the 43P somewhat. When AIX went from > 5.1 to 5.2 a lot of old hardware got desupported. Sun have not done > anything like this yet. > > Can't you keep the Sun and buy the 43P as well? They're only worth a few > hundred dollars each. > > Regards, Ian AIX 5.1 will be supported for quite a long time yet, I think it's July 2005. For doing certification, the 43P will be fine as the certifications are currently for 5.1 Steve |
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01-04-2008, 07:00 PM
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| Re: Ultra10 vs 43p I'd suggest the 43p Model 150.... fully supported for AIX 5.2. Regards, "Steve Nottingham" <steve@wakefieldrfc.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:42862645.0307300038.3fb8bd5e@posting.google.c om... > Ian Northeast <ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3F270631.7D15D4E8@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk>... > > Jae Klaasen wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > Because I cannot afford any further SUN certification; anything beyond SCNA > > > requires a very silly and very expensive instructor led course, I've > > > decided to switch platforms. IBM seems to be quite attractive an > > > alternative to Solaris; the _entire_ IBM certification curriculum is > > > available in pdf format, free to download. > > > > > > Switching OS would imply switching hardware. > > > > > > Can anybody give me an educated 2 cents about whether swapping an "Ultra10 > > > 440Mhz" for an "RS/6000 43p model 140 233Mhz" would hardware wise > > > constitute a fair deal, given the same amount of memory and disk space in > > > both machines? > > > > Reasonably equivalent at a rough guess. The Sun has, I think, a faster > > CPU - I don't think the SPARC and the PPC differ that much in > > performance/MHz. But the IBM has SCSI disks while the Sun has IDE which > > IMO makes a difference. > > > > A 43P 140 won't run the latest AIX (5.2) but the Ultra10 will run the > > latest Solaris (9). This devalues the 43P somewhat. When AIX went from > > 5.1 to 5.2 a lot of old hardware got desupported. Sun have not done > > anything like this yet. > > > > Can't you keep the Sun and buy the 43P as well? They're only worth a few > > hundred dollars each. > > > > Regards, Ian > > AIX 5.1 will be supported for quite a long time yet, I think it's July > 2005. For doing certification, the 43P will be fine as the > certifications are currently for 5.1 > > Steve |
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01-04-2008, 07:00 PM
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| Re: Ultra10 vs 43p Steve Nottingham wrote: > > Ian Northeast <ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> wrote > > A 43P 140 won't run the latest AIX (5.2) but the Ultra10 will run the > > latest Solaris (9). This devalues the 43P somewhat. > AIX 5.1 will be supported for quite a long time yet, I think it's July > 2005. For doing certification, the 43P will be fine as the > certifications are currently for 5.1 Agreed, what I meant was that the lack of support for 5.2 will bring down the price of a model 140, which makes it the more suitable for the OP's purpose as it appears that he has not got a lot of spare cash to spend on it. I feel it would be a pity if he had to get rid of his Ultra10 to buy an RS/6000. As he appears to be seeking experience with a view to gainful employment, keeping up his skills in Solaris while learning AIX would seem to be worthwhile. Regards, Ian |
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