Should I buy a Ultra5?

gregw · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:55 pm Post subject: Should I buy a Ultra5?

Hi List,

I have an Ultra30 single processor machine that ahem, curently runs Debian :oops:

My main problem with the machine is the small disk size. I love the sparc machines and I ma thinking of buying an Ultra 5 (from e-bay) and installing Gentoo on it

As I understand it, I can use a normal IDE drive in this machine thus I can get around the disk space limitation on my U30. I've googled this and it seems that the largest disk I can install is about 130Gb which is fine, I was only thinking of using a redundant 60Gb drive anyway.

The U5 will be used as an intranet server, DNS, DHCP, maybe mysql/PHP for my own personal use, the load on the server will not be excessive. I have the time, the equipment is not going to cost me much should I go for it?

Thanks
GregW

Sugarat · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2002 Posts: 348

I've done the same. Stuck a cheap 80Gb barracude in my Ultra5, works well.
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ciaranm · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject:

Don't ever buy an ultra5. You can get a cheap celeron box for less that will perform just as badly.