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=============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:36:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> To: Tom Grzelak <address@hidden> Subject: Re: Enterprise 250 Thanks Tom, We have a 440Mhz UltraSparc clone (SCSI) that we run LDM/McIDAS/GEMPAK decoders plus it serves as a McIDAS/GEMPAK workstation and a web server (using CGi scripts) I have come to appreciate it more and more as I load more tasks onto it versus our Gateway PII 400 (Solaris x86). The load makes the gateway suffer when using it as a workstation. I had heard that Sun's really shine when loaded to the max and I see that is the case. Cost is going to be our main concern. I just don't know if I can convince the powers that be that we really need to spend >$10,000 when you can get a dual processor Intel for around $6,000. Our whole problem is getting money to get upgrades, so my theory would be to get something with a long life span and it seems to me the Sun's are the way to go. Thanks, Robert Mullenax