Re: Most hassle free sparc64 platform

On 10/3/10 2:01 PM, "Henning Brauer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd really recommend:
> v210 - fast, 1U, some are smp, reasonably cheap to get, sucks power,
>        usable LOM
> v120 - reasonably fast, cheap, relatively low power consumption, good LOM
> netra t1 105 - somewhat slow, rock solid, cheap, very low power (~35W
>        with 1 SCA disk), best LOM ever made by any vendor
We've had several of these netra T1s in use doing firewall and DNS duties
running OpenBSD for years, and I cannot recall them crashing even once.

I think I picked them up for around $150 each on eBay.

They *are* a little bit slow, but the only time I notice it is during login
over SSH. 

Once I'm connected, they're as responsive as any of the newest servers we
have. Perhaps not as well suited as newer servers at heavy web service or
similar duties, but they're great in the roles we have them in.

And, has Henning has said, they use next to no power (if memory serves each
takes ~.5A with two disks under load) and the LOM is truly outstanding.

Kevin