From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 14 23:12:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 97F8A14FBA for ; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:11:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 3127 invoked by alias); 15 Mar 1999 07:11:13 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org@fixme Received: (qmail 3106 invoked by uid 0); 15 Mar 1999 07:11:12 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 15 Mar 1999 07:11:12 -0000 Message-ID: <36ECB28D.360212B2@uswest.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:11:09 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Griffith Cc: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org, solarisonintel@egroups.com Subject: Re: PPro 200 vs PII 400 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Paul Griffith wrote: > > I am looking for any web sites that compares the PPro to the PII. I have a > possible new customer that is looking to replace their PPro 200, with a > PII 400 for about $6000.00 CDN. The problem is they have only 10 Win95 > Clients running a DOS based business app. They have used up 1 GIG on a 2 > GB HD in the last 2 years. Yet the new server includes 2x9.1 GB HD (L0 > Raid). What gets me here is that the person who is trying to sell them > this package didn't even suggest they upgrade their network to 100BaseT, > it's still 10BaseT ! > > Any pointers. I was suggesting they upgrade their network first, then look > at the Server. That'd be my first target as well. How is the network laid out? A 100mbps line server to hub, then 10mbps to the workstations can make a huge difference without having to rewire everything. Are they even maxing out the server? If not, it won't mean squat no matter how much horsepower they get. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message