2009/8/4 William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson(a)gmail.com>om>:
If acquisition cost is a concern, you might also
consider building the
hardware from scratch. Solaris 10 runs on most x86 hardware, but you
have to be careful about selecting hardware (especially network and
storage) that is on the Solaris HCL.
Any generic x86 server hardware should be fine in general. Dells
certainly are, I believe HP is actively supporting Solaris too.
If you have to buy now, and are unlikely to upgrade
for years, the current
gold plated performance version is Sun ZFS over NetApp filers.
Rilly? I thought they were comparable in performance but Sun was way
cheaper (hence the patent kerfuffle).
- d.