Maurice Volaski wrote:
I know this is an unusual question for the list, but I hoping to get the
perspective of people who are on both sides of the fence...
The endpoint is a highly stable box to serve files (appleshare, smb and
maybe nfs) from a hardware raid (up to 2TB).
If one had a choice between a reasonably equipped PC with the latest
Linux and XFS versus a new SGI box (similarly configured) running the
latest IRIX (which has XFS), which one would you choose? Would you
change your answer in six months?
This depends on what you're going to use the box for, and what the loads
will be (how many users, how much smb/nfs/apple traffic will there be?).
If the loads will be high (200+ users, then you might do well to look at
a risc solution (Be that SGI/IBM/HP/Sun ...). If the loads will be low,
then you can save some cash, and use Intel hardware.
Personally, If I was just looking to build a disk farm, with high
capacity, I'd look at either an HP, or possibly a Sun solution (disk
farms really aren't SGI's strength.. (sorry SGI!).
So the answer I'd give is:
There's not enough information here to give an answer. :)
Ric
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