[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Fire

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 22/06/2013 10:24, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
> I can only recommend the X4540, these are the best workhorses
> I've ever seen, and it's a pity that there's no useful successor
> for that price/capacity ratio that runs under OI/illumOS.

Yeah, they were too good value for money, so Oracle decided we can't
have 'em. As for "successor", there may not any piece in the current
Sun/Oracle hardware lineup that does it, but there are boxes from other
vendors, particularly SuperMicro, that do a very good job of carrying
the torch forward from the X4540. See for instance:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4u/6047/ssg-6047r-e1r72l.cfm
2 Xeon E5-2600 CPUs, up to 512 GB of DRAM, 72x 3.5'' SAS drives,
built-in LSI SAS 2308 controller, etc. Sure it's a bit more work to get
it going, but in the end you get a lot of bang for your buck.

Cheers,
-- 
Saso